In McGeoch and McDonald's experiment the group that had the worst recall was the group that...

Had to learn a new list of words that were synonyms

Retroactive interference is when....

New memories interfere with the old memories

Proactive interference is when...

Old memories interfere with new memories

What is one strength of a lab experiment in relation to the interference theory?

Effects of irrelevant influences can be controlled

When does interference occur?

When two pieces of information conflict with each other

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1
In McGeoch and McDonald's experiment the group that had the worst recall was the group that...
Had to learn a new list of antonyms
Had to learn a new list of words that were synonyms
Had to learn a new list of nonsense syllables
Had to learn no new information
2
Who did Baddely & Hitch use as participants in their experiment researching interference?
Teachers
Football players
Rugby players
Students
3
Retroactive interference is when....
New memories interfere with the old memories
Old memories interfere with the new memories
Newer memories are harder to remember
Older memories are easier to remember
4
What does interference lead to?
Distortion of memory
Both of these
Forgetting of memory
None of these
5
Proactive interference is when...
New memories interfere with old memories
New memories become proactive
Old memories interfere with new memories
Old memories become proactive
6
What is one strength of the research conducted by Baddely & Hitch?
High in ecological validity
Conducted in a controlled setting
The tasks reflected everyday life
High in population validity
7
The saying "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" supports which type of interference?
None of these
Retroactive interference
Proactive interference
Both of these
8
What is one strength of a lab experiment in relation to the interference theory?
Effects of irrelevant influences can be controlled
The tasks are artificial
The dependent variables can be controlled
The tasks to do no reflect real everyday life memory
9
Interference leads to the forgetting of information from...
LTM
STM
MSM
WMM
10
When does interference occur?
When two pieces of information collapse on each other
When two pieces of information collide with each other
When two pieces of information conflict with each other
When two pieces of information contact each other

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