interference

• new and old info in ltm make it difficult to locate info
• proactive

  • old memory interferes with new
• retroactive

  • new interferes with old
• mcgeogh and mcdonald

  • gave participants a list of words to recall with 100% accuracy and then asked them to learn a new list
• mcgeogh and mcdonald

  • found interference is strongest when the memories are similar
• ✔️ baddely and hitch - asked rugby players to recall team names - increase ecological validity

  • most games played = poor recall
• ✔️coenen and van luijetaar - diazepan drug recall

  • recall poor under drug, better off the drug = drugs affect memory
• X tulving and psotka - interference is temporary and can be overcome by cues and triggers

  • without cue recall is bad, with cue recall is good
• X lab study

  • artificial
  • lacks mundane realism