Why Do We Forget? Interference & Retrieval Failure | Cognitive Psychology Ep 5

Why do we forget? Trainee clinical psychologist Tanser draws out Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, decay, proactive and retroactive interference, and retrieval failure, including context-dependent and state-dependent forgetting. Includes an important update: a 2021 replication of the famous diver study (Godden & Baddeley, 1975) did not find the original context effect. References Carter, S. J., & Cassaday, H. J. (1998). State-dependent retrieval and chlorpheniramine. Human Psychopharmacology, 13(7), 513-523. Ebbinghaus, H. (1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology (H. A. Ruger & C. E. Bussenius, Trans.). Teachers College. (Original work published 1885) Godden, D. R., & Baddeley, A. D. (1975). Context-dependent memory in two natural environments: On land and underwater. British Journal of Psychology, 66(3), 325-331. McGeoch, J. A., & McDonald, W. T. (1931). Meaningful relation and retroactive inhibition. American Journal of Psychology, 43(4), 579-588. Murre, J. M. J. (2021). The Godden and Baddeley (1975) experiment on context-dependent memory on land and underwater: A replication. Royal Society Open Science, 8(11), 200724. Tulving, E., & Thomson, D. M. (1973). Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory. Psychological Review, 80(5), 352-373. Next episode: reconstructive memory. #Psychology #CognitivePsychology #ALevelPsychology