Forgetting (Psychology Homework)- Roji
Retrieval Failure Interference
It is an explanation for forgetting It is when there is an interruption
long term memory. It occurs when of your memory retrieval because
there is a struggle to recall a you are remembering another
memory due to a lack of cues memory, which causes confliction.
(that work as triggers) within the There are two types of
surroundings. interference:
● Environmental (context) ● Retroactive interference-
cues- cues that inform a when you’re trying to recall
person what to do when an older memory but a new
something occurs memory interferes.
(e.g when the traffic lights (e.g trying to remember
go red, cars have to stop). what you learnt two lessons
ago but you only remember
● State cues- it is the physical what you.have learnt 5
and/or psychological state minutes ago).
someone is when they
retrieve the ● Proactive interference- when
information/memory they you’re trying to recall a
have encoded newer memory but an older
(e.g if someone is drunk, memory interferes.
they might say more (e.g an old habit of typing a
personal information in an previous password by
honest manner, compared to accident instead of a new
if they were sober). one).
● More likely to remember ● Both retroactive and
cues when the environment proactive interferences are
you recall is the same as the encoded within your long
environment you studied at term memory (LTM).
(e.g students typically do
exams better in a classroom
than a sports hall, because
they're more familiar with the
classroom).
Retrieval Failure Interference
It is an explanation for forgetting It is when there is an interruption
long term memory. It occurs when of your memory retrieval because
there is a struggle to recall a you are remembering another
memory due to a lack of cues memory, which causes confliction.
(that work as triggers) within the There are two types of
surroundings. interference:
● Environmental (context) ● Retroactive interference-
cues- cues that inform a when you’re trying to recall
person what to do when an older memory but a new
something occurs memory interferes.
(e.g when the traffic lights (e.g trying to remember
go red, cars have to stop). what you learnt two lessons
ago but you only remember
● State cues- it is the physical what you.have learnt 5
and/or psychological state minutes ago).
someone is when they
retrieve the ● Proactive interference- when
information/memory they you’re trying to recall a
have encoded newer memory but an older
(e.g if someone is drunk, memory interferes.
they might say more (e.g an old habit of typing a
personal information in an previous password by
honest manner, compared to accident instead of a new
if they were sober). one).
● More likely to remember ● Both retroactive and
cues when the environment proactive interferences are
you recall is the same as the encoded within your long
environment you studied at term memory (LTM).
(e.g students typically do
exams better in a classroom
than a sports hall, because
they're more familiar with the
classroom).
