Myers textbook module 33

Question 1

Reconsolidation

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Source amnesia

Answer 2

faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined

Question 3

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 3

inability to form new memories

Question 4

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 4

inability to retrieve information from one’s past

Question 5

Proactive interference

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Retroactive interference

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Repression

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Misinformation effect

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Deja vu

Answer 9

eerie sense that you have experienced something before. Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience