What happens here is that new memories interfere with the retrieval of your old memories. Studies have shown that retroactive interference can disrupt learnings. For example, if you have to learn a lot of theories and facts for an exam, you may have trouble remembering those you have learned previously.
Similarly, if you move to a new location, you may soon forget the address of your previous location. This happens due to retroactive interference.
Proactive interference is the phenomenon of old memories interfering with new memories, whereas retroactive interference is the interference of new memories interfering with old memories.
In proactive interference, what you already know interferes with what you are currently trying to learn, whereas, in retroactive interference, new memories interfere with the retrieval of your old memories. Forgetting the address of your previous location and forgetting the names of the co-workers in your previous workplace are examples of retroactive interference. Vinney, Cynthia.
She is currently reading for a Masters degree in English. Her areas of interests include literature, language, linguistics and also food. What are other people reading? The form of interference where old memories restrain the capacity to remember new information is called Proactive Interference.
The form of interference where new memories restrain the capacity to old information is called Retroactive Interference. Proactive interference occurs when past memories hold back an individual from retaining new memories. Retroactive interference occurs when new memories hold back an individual from retaining old memories.
It has been hypothesized that, " Forgetting working memories would be non-existent if not for proactive interference. Retroactive interference has helped to attain a decisive conclusion to a long going debate that, " Forgetting is not simply a failure or weakness of the memory system, but rather an integral part of our stored knowledge repertoire.
Previous learning can sometimes interfere with new learning e. Also new learning can sometimes cause confusion with previous learning. Starting French may affect our memory of previously learned Spanish vocabulary. Aim : To investigate how retroactive interference affects learning. In other words, to investigate whether information you have recently received interferes with the ability to recall something you learned earlier.
Method : A lab experiment was used. Participants were split into two groups. Both groups had to remember a list of paired words — e. The experimental group also had to learn another list of words where the second paired word if different — e. The control group were not given the second list. All participants were asked to recall the words on the first list.
Results : The recall of the control group was more accurate than that of the experimental group. This is an example of retroactive interference. Although proactive and retroactive interference are reliable and robust effects, there are a number of problems with interference theory as an explanation of forgetting.
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