Retrieval failure due to absence of cues

• Retrieval failure due to absence of cues suggests that forgetting occurs when information is stil in the LTM but cant be accessed due to a lack of cues
• Context-dependant forgetting

  > forgetting occurs due to a lack of external cues to trigger recall because environment is different at recall to when the information was coded
• State-dependant forgetting

  > forgetting occurs due to a lack of internal cues to trigger recall because a persons internal physical and / or emotional state is different to when information was coded
• AO3

  :) RTS CDF Godden and Baddeley - scuba divers

  DISSCUSSION Baddeley said context effects aren't very strong

  :)RTS SDF Goodwin et al

  :( lacks mundane realism

  :) practical applications - context reinstatement