Explanations of forgetting quiz

Reorder the following

• quite short, information is likely

• Trace decay often occurs in

• As the duration of these stores are

• to be lost without attention or rehearsal.

• sensory and short-term memory.

Peterson and Peterson (​ (a)   ), investigated the role of ​ (b)   by asking participants to remember sets of ​ (c)   Before recall, participants had to ​ (d)   . They found that information was generally forgotten after ​ (e)  

• 1959
• trace decay
• interference
• trigrams.
• numbers.
• count backwards in 3s
• carry out a maths task
• 30 seconds.
• 15 seconds.
• 45 seconds.

A weakness of trace decay of neurological pathways as a theory of forgetting is that certain memories tend to be better remembered than others. For example,​ (a)   such as one's ​ (b)   are often not forgotten. Moreover, if a memory makes ​ (c)   sense and is integrated into a ​ (d)   , it is also less likely to be forgotten.

• emotional memories
• 1st day at school
• semantic
• schema
• declarative memories
• episodic memories
• procedural 

The explanation of forgetting related to interference suggests that we are more likely to forget / confuse information which is...

• complicated.

• similar to other stored information.

• encoded when distracted.

• large in volume.

In relation to the theory of forgetting interference, select the correct descriptions:

• Proactive interference is when old info interferes with new info.

• Retroactive interference is where old info interferes with new info.

• Proactive interference is when new info interferes with new info.

• Retroactive interference is where new info interferes with old info.

Baddeley and Hitch (1974), found that the ​ (a)   rugby games, players had played, the ​ (b)   their recall of previous fixtures was. This is believed to be because the more games the players had played, the more opportunity there was for similar information to interfere with their memories.

• more
• less
• less accurate
• more accurate

Reorder the following

• which is stored within one's LTM.

• occurs when

• find and retrieve information

• an individual struggles to

• Forgetting information due to an absence of cues

Godden and Baddeley's study into context and location found that recall of a list of words increased by ... when carried out in the same location as learning.

Organize these studies into the correct category.

Groups:

(a) Absence of cues

,

(b) Trace decay

,

(c) Interference

,

(d) Brain damage

• The case study of HM

• Godden and Baddeley (1975)

• Peterson and Peterson (1959)

• Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

Fill in the blank... The ... is the area of the brain associated with the creation of new memories.