Title: Explanations for Forgetting: Retrieval Failure

Purpose:
This is a revision worksheet designed to help students understand retrieval failure as an explanation for forgetting, especially for psychology exams (likely A-Level or similar).

Main Features:

Key Theory Defined:

Encoding Specificity Principle (ESP) is highlighted as the foundation for retrieval failure.

Two Key Studies with Fill-in-the-Blanks:

Context-Dependent Forgetting (Godden & Baddeley, 1975)

State-Dependent Forgetting (Carter & Cassaday, 1998)
Each study has gaps in the Aim, Participants, Procedure, Findings, and Conclusion for students to complete 鈥� encouraging active recall.

Evaluation Section:
Short bullet points listing important evaluation areas:

Supporting evidence

Questioning context effects

Recall versus recognition

Real-life application

Style:

Very clean, structured layout.

Focuses on active learning by making students fill in missing keywords.

Perfect for practicing exam-style descriptions and evaluation points.