RETROACTIVE

• WHAT IS RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE?

  forgetting existing information as new information is preventing recall
• WHO RESEARCHED RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE?

  Baddeley and Hitch
• WHAT DID BADDELEY AND HITCH STUDY IN THEIR PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE STUDY?

  if rugby players were able to remember the name of a team they had played previously
• WHAT EXAMPLE OF INTERFERENCE WAS STUDIED IN BADDELEY AND HITCH'S STUDY?

  interference in everyday life
• WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF BADDELEY AND HITCH'S STUDY?

  rugby players were more likely to remember a team name from 3 weeks ago, if they had not played a team since
• WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF BADDELEY AND HITCH'S STUDY?

  if the rugby players had played a team since, then recall was worsened as new information/ names interfered with the old information/ names
• WHAT WAS THE COUNTERARGUMENT OF BADDELEY AND HITCH'S STUDY?

  • real life setting
  • lack of control over extraneous variables
  • different factors may have contributed (how frequently played team, if they know anyone on team)
  • theory does not apply to all situations
  • cannot establish cause and effect