Lesson 4.1.2.3
4.1.2.3 Explanations for forgetting: interference and retrieval failure Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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What occurs when older memories disrupt the recall of newer memories?
- Retroactive interference
- Proactive interference
- Context-dependent failure
- State-dependent failure
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What occurs when newer memories disrupt the recall of older memories?
- Proactive interference
- Retroactive interference
- Trace decay
- Retrieval failure
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Retrieval failure occurs due to the absence of what?
- Stored information
- Central executive control
- Elaborative rehearsal
- Appropriate cues
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Interference between two sets of learned material is strongest when they are what?
- Emotionally neutral
- Very similar
- Completely distinct
- Learned months apart
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In Tulving and Pearlstone's study, what type of retrieval cues improved recall?
- Visual pictures
- First letters
- Rhyming words
- Category headings
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Recalling a film title only after seeing its poster demonstrates which concept?
- Retroactive interference
- Displacement
- Proactive interference
- Cued recall
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Forgetting exam content because the environment differs from the classroom is an example of what?
- State-dependent forgetting
- Retroactive interference
- Proactive interference
- Context-dependent forgetting
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Learning French vocabulary and subsequently forgetting previously learned Spanish vocabulary is due to what?
- Proactive interference
- Retroactive interference
- Context-dependent failure
- State-dependent failure
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Learning list A before list B causes poorer recall of list B due to what?
- Retrieval failure
- Proactive interference
- Repression
- Retroactive interference
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Which type of cue is provided by being in the same room where learning occurred?
- Context-dependent cue
- Retroactive cue
- State-dependent cue
- Proactive cue
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In an experiment, participants recall 24 of 40 words in free recall and 34 of 40 words in cued recall. What is the difference between the two conditions in percentage points?
- 25 percentage points
- 15 percentage points
- 10 percentage points
- 34 percentage points
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What is a major methodological limitation of research into interference theory?
- Artificial lab tasks
- Small sample sizes
- Lack of control
- Unreliable measurements
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Which term describes forgetting caused by the absence of suitable recall prompts?
- Retrieval failure
- Proactive interference
- Trace decay
- Retroactive interference
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What factor increases the rate of forgetting according to interference theory?
- Lack of motivation
- Learning similar material
- High anxiety levels
- Passage of time
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Which phenomenon explains improved recall when testing occurs in the same room as learning?
- Context-dependent forgetting
- Proactive interference
- Retroactive interference
- State-dependent forgetting
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Which type of interference occurs when an older memory disrupts the recall of a newer memory?
- Context failure
- Proactive interference
- Retroactive interference
- Cue displacement
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Recalling a memory only when a specific cue is present supports which explanation of forgetting?
- Proactive interference
- Retrieval failure
- Trace decay
- Displacement theory
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Which type of cue was shown by Tulving and Pearlstone to significantly improve word recall?
- Category headings
- Serial positions
- Visual shapes
- Acoustic rhymes
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Which memory process is an explanation for forgetting based on time rather than memory competition?
- Trace decay
- Retrieval failure
- Proactive interference
- Retroactive interference
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Dialling an old phone number instead of a newly learned one is an example of what?
- State-dependent forgetting
- Context-dependent forgetting
- Retroactive interference
- Proactive interference
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