Module 33

Question 1

anterograde amnesia

Answer 1

an inability to form new memories

Question 2

retrograde amnesia

Answer 2

an inability to retrieve information from one’s past

Question 3

proactive interference

Answer 3

the forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information

Question 4

retroactive interference

Answer 4

the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information

Question 5

repression

Answer 5

the psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety- arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

Question 6

reconsolidation

Answer 6

a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again

Question 7

misinformation

Answer 7

effect: occurs when misleading information has distorted one’s memory of an event

Question 8

source amnesia

Answer 8

faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined. Source amnesia, along with misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories