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Cue-Dependent Forgetting This is a classic example of forgetting because of lack of accessibility it is there but we can't get to it) until the right cue is produced. E.g. it's on the tip of my tongue. This theory, like interference theory, says that forgetting from long-term memory is the result of retrieval failure. Target information may be located in memory and retrieved if we are presented with retrieval cues. A retrieval cue is any stimulus, either external or internal, that helps us recall stored information. It can be anything we see, hear, smell, or touch. It can be any internal event that we sense-an emotion, a mental picture, a thought, a sensation, or a physiological state. The most effective retrieval cues are stimuli that were present during original learning. They are "packaged" with the target information and the whole package gets stored in long-term memory. If you can remember some of these...

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