What? Can help overcomesomeforgetting in everyday situations
Who? Baddeley - worth making the effort to recall the environment you learnt the information in
Why? Reminds us of real-worldstrategies to improve recall
Strength: Research support
What? Range of research support
Who? Godden & Baddeley/Carter & Cassaday - lack of relevant cues can lead to context/state dependent forgetting + Eysenck & Keane - retrieval failure main reason for forgetting in LTM
Why? Shows it occurs in real-worldsituations
Counterpoint: Research support
What? Context effects not strong
Who? Baddeley - Environments need to be very different
Why? Retrieval failure due to lack of context cues doesn't explain much forgetting
Limitation: Recall VS recognition
What? Context effects may depend on type of memory being tested
Who? Godden and Baddeley - replicatedunderwater study; recognition tested & no context-dependent effect
