A researcher uses a word-search task to investigate interference. Participants first learn either a list of fruit names or a list of tool names. They then l...
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A researcher uses a word-search task to investigate interference. Participants first learn either a list of fruit names or a list of tool names. They then learn a list of vegetable names and are asked to recall the fruit list.
(a) Name the type of interference being investigated. [1]
(b) Explain why learning vegetable names could affect recall of fruit names. [2]
(c) Describe one change that would allow the researcher to investigate proactive interference instead. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Retroactive interference [1] (b) The later vegetable list is similar in meaning to the earlier fruit list [1]; the newer information competes with or replaces access to the older fruit memories [1]. [2] (c) Test recall of a newly learned list after participants have previously learned a similar list, for example learn vegetables first and then recall fruit after learning fruit. [1]
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