cue dependant forgetting

• cue dependant forgetting


  forgetting happens due to absence of appropriate cues/promopts
• context dependant cues


  aspects of the environment work as cues - sight,sound,smell
• context dependent cue research - godden and baddeley


  studied divers, ask to learn new material on land and in the water

  it was found...

  • info learnt underwater was worst recalled on land and best recalled under water
  • being in the environment for both learning and recall aids recall by providing context
• state dependant cues


  aspects of our internal environment - emotions, drugs, state of arousal
• overton - state dependant cues


  participants made to learn material drunk or sober

  • recall was worse if in different internal states - info learnt drunk was recalled better when drunk
• category dependant cues


  the way we organise information - other bits of information related to what we want to recall.