Interference

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What are the two types of interference?
Proactive and retroactive
What is proactive interference?
Old memory replaces a newer one
What is retroactive interference?
New memory replaces an older one
What is interference?
Two pieces of information disrupting each other
What is the effect of interference?
Forgetting one or both pieces of information
What memory store has interference been proposed as an explanation for forgetting in?
Long-term memory
Interference is worse when the memories are similar
Who proposed interference is worse when the memories are similar?
McGeoch and McDonald
How did McGeoch and McDonald study retroactive interference?
Changing the amount of similarity between two sets of materials
What was the procedure in McGeoch and McDonald's study?
Pps learn a list of 10 words, then learned a new list
What did McGeoch and McDonald find in relation to similarity?
Recall worse when material most similar
What did McGeoch and McDonald conclude?
interference is strongest when memories are similar
Proactive - Previously stored information makes new similar information more difficult to store
Retroactive - New information overwrites previous similar memories because of the similarity