Retrieval and Forgetting
Objectives

  • Describe the importance of informational networks & why structure is important;
  • Define "encoding specificity;"
  • Describe the differences between retrieval failures and errors;
  • List several ways to cue learners;
  • Distinguish between retroactive and proactive interference;
  • Describe three mechanisms of forgetting information.
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[Ormrod, J. E. (2007) Chapter 10. Long-Term Memory III: Retrieval and Forgetting
(p. 282-307)]

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