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Outline and evaluate 2 explanations of forgetting in Long-term memory.
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Outline and evaluate 2 explanations of forgetting in Long-term memory. Interference plays a major part in forgetting in long-term memory. This explanation says that one set of learning interferes with another set and it clears out the memory. In experiments the more similar the information is, the more likely interference will happen. A distinction has been made between two types of interferences. The are proactive and retroactive. The word proactive means when your early/old memories are disrupted or displaced by new information. An example of proactive interference is giving out your old address instead of giving your new or current address. The word retroactive means when later or new memories disrupt with the old memories. An example of retroactive is when you can remember your old new house address and forget the old, as it has been displaced by the new information. Retrieval failure in long-term memory happens because the correct cues...
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