Interference: AO3

Cards (4)

  • Strength: Real-world inteference
    What? Evidence of interference effects in everyday settings
    Who? Baddeley and Hitch - Rugby players; those who'd played most games had poorest recall
    Why? Increased validity
  • Counterpoint: Real-world interference
    What? Conditions required for interference = rare
    Who? Two memories have to be similar to interact - doesn't happen often
    Why? May be better explained by retrieval failure due to lack of cues
  • Strength: Support from drug studies
    What? Evidence of retrograde facilitation
    Who? Coenen and Luijtelaar - Words learnt under influence of drugs = poorer recall VS words learnt before drugs = better recall (Drug improved recall beforehand)
    Why? Shows reducing interference reduces forgetting
  • Limitation: Interference and cues
    What? Interference temporary and can be overcome w/ cues
    Who? Tulving and Psotka - Participant's recall worsened learning multiple lists of words but recall increased when cues were given
    Why? Interference causes temporary loss of accessibility, not permanent