At a language school, students first learn Italian words for colours and then begin Portuguese lessons. Several students now give Portuguese words when aske...

Assessment: Psychology 9218 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Cognition and behaviour Subject: Psychology - 9218

Question 1 Report

At a language school, students first learn Italian words for colours and then begin Portuguese lessons. Several students now give Portuguese words when asked for the Italian translation.

(a) Name the type of forgetting shown by the students. [1]
(b) Explain why it occurs in this situation. [2]

Answer Details

(a) Retroactive interference [1] (b) The newer Portuguese information interferes with [1] retrieval of the earlier Italian colour-word information [1]

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