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Inhibition or Interference? Evidence from the Retrieval Practice Paradigm

  • Shaofeng YANG ,
  • Zhichao ZHANG ,
  • Ting JI
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  • 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin ? ?300387
    3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387
    4. Personnel Department, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin ? ?300070

Received date: 2022-03-14

  Online published: 2023-01-17

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Abstract

To explore the controversial issue of inhibition and interference theories for the explanation of retrieval-induced forgetting, the current study used the classical retrieval practice paradigm to investigate the mechanisms of retrieval-induced forgetting from different perspectives through two experiments. Experiment 1 used a 2 (learning style: in-category learning, normal learning)×3 (item type: Rp+, Rp−, Nrp) two-factor mixed design, manipulating the degree of interference of the items by setting different learning styles. The results showed an increase in the amount of retrieval-induced forgetting effect in the category learning condition compared to normal learning. Experiment 2 used a one-factor, three-level design (Rp+, Rp−, Nrp), by using sample extraction to exclude cue-item associations. The results still revealed retrieval-induced forgetting. The findings of both experiments provide some support for the theory of inhibition of retrieval-induced forgetting.

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Shaofeng YANG , Zhichao ZHANG , Ting JI . Inhibition or Interference? Evidence from the Retrieval Practice Paradigm[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(6) : 753 -759 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.06.006

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