CED Unit 2 (Forgetting & Other Memory Challenges) Flashcards
1
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Proactive interference
A
Past learning interferes with new learning
2
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Retroactive interference
A
New learning interferes with past learning
3
Q
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
A
You know you know it, but can’t quite grab it
4
Q
Repression (psychodynamic)
A
Forgetting traumatic/emotional events
5
Q
Misinformation effect
A
Recall of an event becomes less accurate due to the incorporation of misleading information presented after the event
6
Q
Source amnesia
A
We may remember content but forget where we learned it
7
Q
Constructive memory
A
Memories are not perfect replicas of events but are actively built or reconstructed when retrieved
8
Q
Imagination inflation
A
A memory distortion where repeatedly imagining an event that didn’t occur makes someone more confident they actually experienced it
