Unit 7 - Module 33 Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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Encoding Failure
A
never encoded or stored
2
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Storage Decay (Forgetting Curve)
A
course of forgetting is initially rapid, then levels off with time
3
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Retrieval Failure
A
can’t be recalled; on tip of the tongue
4
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Proactive Interference
A
old memories interfere with new
5
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Retrograde Interference
A
new memories interfere with old
6
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Motivated Forgetting
A
repress painful or unacceptable memories to protect self concept and minimize anxiety
7
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Repression
A
psychoanalytic theory; basic defense mechanism banishes anxious memories from consciousness
8
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Misinformation Effect
A
incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event
9
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Source Amnesia
A
attributing an event we heard, experienced, read, or imagined to the wrong source
10
Q
Deja Vu
A
eerie sense of “I’ve experienced this before”
