Question

When she was in the living room, the light flickered, and Jane went to the kitchen to get a new bulb from the cabinet. However, when she got to the kitchen, she forgot why she went there. As soon as she returned to the living room and saw the flickering light, she remembered why she had gone to the kitchen. This memory difficulty MOST clearly illustrates which theory of forgetting?

Answer 1

Answer:

cue dependent                  

Explanation:

Retrieval failure, also termed as Cue dependent forgetting is the failure of the person to recall information or memories without any memory cues. It is the process of lacking to recall memory caused due to missing stimuli.

Cue dependent forgetting is one of the five Cognitive psychology theories in  forgetting theory. It means sometimes some memories are forgotten or cannot be recalled because those memories cannot be retrieved.

In the context, Jane went to the kitchen to get a bulb from the kitchen cabinet  but returns back without any bulb. Soon she recalls why she went to the kitchen after she sees the flickering bulb in the living room. Thus here Jane forgets as to why she came to the kitchen and only recalls when she saw the flickering bulb. Thus this shows cue dependent failure of Jane.