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Theories of forgetting - Coggle Diagram
Theories of forgetting
Proactive and Retroactive Interference
Evaluations
Strength - Everyday applications
Weakness - Reductionist
Weakness - Artificial lab experiments
Strength - Supporting research
Strength - Real life applications
Retroactive
Retroactive interference is when new similar memories interfere with old similar memories
Examples: Dates or Passwords
Proactive
Proactive interference is when old similar memories interfere with new similar memories
Examples: Phone numbers or Learning languages
Acronym
P.O.R.N
Proactive.Old.Retroactive.New
Retrieval failure due to absence of cues
Absence of state cues
These are cues from within us that are 'hoovered in' to the memory trace
Example: Our recall will be better if you are in the same state we are in when we leant the information so if you are hungry whilst encoding information then to have better recall you should be hungry again
Absence of organisational cues
These are a special type of context cue that helps us arrange and structure knowledge and materials
Example: Memories to help s remember key information like certain acronyms eg. GRAVE or TRAMP
Absence of context cues
These are cues from the environment that are 'hoovered in' to the memory trace.
Example: Whatever room we are in when we are learn information like smells at the time of encoding. We will be able to recall better that information is the environment we recall in is the same as the one we learnt in
Evaluations
Strength - Evidence to support x2
Weakness - Not a complete explanation
Strength - Applications
Strength - Not a lot/No theoretical issues