Module 33 Forgetting

Question 1

anterograde amnesia

Answer 1

inability to form new memories

Question 2

retrograde amnesia

Answer 2

an inability to retrieve information from one’s past.

Question 3

Proactive

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Retroactive

Answer 4

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

Question 5

reconsolidation

Answer 5

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

Question 6

misinformation effect

Answer 6

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

Question 7

source amnesia

Answer 7

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