Psychology of Forgetting

Which explanation of forgetting does Baddeley and Hitch's study Support?

• Interference

• Context-dependent

• State dependent

Which explanation of forgetting does Baddeley and Godden's study on divers Support?

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive inference

• Context dependent forgetting

• state dependent forgetting

Which explanation of forgetting does Goodwin's study (drunks) Support?

• Context dependent forgetting

• State dependent forgetting

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

Which explanation of forgetting does Burke and Skrull's study Support?

• Interference

• state-dependent forgetting

• context dependent forgetting

Which explanation of forgetting does McGeoch and McDonald's study Support?

• retroactive interference

• proactive interference

• state dependent forgetting

• context dependent forgetting

Which of these does not apply to Interference theory

• retroactive

• similarity

• proactive

• encoding specificity principle

Which of these does not apply to Retrieval failure theory?

• retroactive

• encoding specificity principle

• State

• context

Which of these statements is a criticism of interference theory?

• Baddeley and Hitch's study lacks mundane realism

• McGeoch and Mcdonald's study lacks mundane realism

• Burke and Skrull's study has good mundane realsim

Which of these is not a criticism of the retrieval failure explanation of forgetting?

• Cues aren't always effective

• Difference increases interference

• Some research exaggerates the effects of context