INTERFERENCE THEORY

INTERFERENCE THEORY

Proactive Interference

Retroactive Interference

PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
Information learned earlier interferes with recall of newer material.

RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
Difficulty in recall of information because of later exposure to different material.

Discovery :

Delos Wickens discovered that Proactive Interference build up is released when

there is a change to the category of items being learned, leading to increased
processing in short term memory

AMNESIA

amnesia, loss of memory occurring most often as a result of damage

to the brain from trauma, stroke, Alzheimer disease, alcohol and
drug toxicity, or infection. Amnesia may be anterograde, in which
events following the causative trauma or disease are forgotten, or
retrograde, in which events preceding the causative event are
forgotten.

The condition also may be traced to severe emotional shock, in

which case personal memories (e.g., identity) are affected. Such
amnesia seems to represent a psychological escape from or denial
of memories that might cause anxiety.