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Question 13

Asha learned to speak Spanish fluently during a gap year. Three years later, she started an intensive course in Italian. Now, when she tries to speak Spanish to her old host family, she finds herself accidentally using Italian words instead.

a.

With reference to Asha's experience, explain how interference theory accounts for forgetting.

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b.

Outline one limitation of interference theory as an explanation of forgetting.

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Forgetting Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Forgetting

39 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Forgetting. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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