PSYCH 3312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Interference Theory, Parahippocampal Gyrus
15 Feb 2018
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Shepard asked participants to study 540 words, 612/1224 sentences, or 612 pictures. Recognition for pictures was the best, memory = iconic = picture superiority effect. Cue overload example: hearing what are all the birthday gifts you"ve ever received? and trying to remember them all. Empty time = a retention interval after learning something isn"t composed of just empty time, in which nothing happens. Ppl go to jobs and see movies - these events can disrupt memories and learning. Mcgeoch rejected the idea that memories weaken just bc of time alone. Their spanish becomes harder to produce bc 1) the 2 languages are v similar and 2) retroactive interference. Response competition = one cue, like man, will cause a competitive response b/t the. Underwood found that the more cvc lists people studied, the greater their forgetting became. The more you previously learned, the greater the chance that it would interfere with newly learned material.
