One participant in a memory study learns a list of birds, then learns a second list of types of tree. On the final test, she recalls fewer birds than partic...

Assessment: Psychology 9218 | Paper 2 Mock 01 | Social context and behaviour Subject: Psychology - 9218

Question 1 Report

One participant in a memory study learns a list of birds, then learns a second list of types of tree. On the final test, she recalls fewer birds than participants who did not learn the tree list.

(a) Identify whether the finding shows proactive or retroactive interference. [1]
(b) Explain your answer using the two lists. [2]

Answer Details

(a) Retroactive interference [1] (b) The newer tree list is learned after the bird list [1]. The newer learning disrupts recall of the earlier bird information [1].

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