Explanation of forgetting

• Research to support - Retroactive interference 


  Baddeley and Hitch rugby players to recall names of teams they had played against during the season.

  Players who played the most games forgot more than those off on injury

  application to real life

  mundane realism

  ecolgical validity
• Artificial 


  Lab based artifical word lists and nonsense syllables - Muller

  Doesn't use everyday memory

  ppts lack motivation to do well and remember - inteference appear stronger