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OUTLINE ONE OR MORE EXPLANATIONS OF FORGETTING IN LONG-TERM MEMORY AND CONSIDER TO WHAT EXTENT THESE ARE SUPPORTED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
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OUTLINE ONE OR MORE EXPLANATIONS OF FORGETTING IN LONG-TERM MEMORY AND CONSIDER TO WHAT EXTENT THESE ARE SUPPORTED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. There are three different explanations to forgetting in the long-term memory. These are; the interference theory and retrieval failure and cue-dependant forgetting. The decay theory outlined in the short-term memory section can also apply to why people forget things in the long-term memory. The interference theory explains forgetting in terms of either proactive or retroactive interference. Proactive interference is when you try and learn something new and past learning interferes whereas retroactive interference is when you try and learn something new but that interferes with past learning. There is supporting evidence for proactive and retroactive interference; a typical study of this is called the paired-associate technique which is where two word lists are given and learning one list interferes with learning the other, such as that done by Underwood. In a study into...
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