7.6

Question 1

forgetting

Answer 1

the inability to retrieve memory from long-term storage

Question 2

Seven sins of memory

Answer 2

1. transience
2. absentmindedness
3. blocking
4. persistence
5. misattribution
6. suggestibility
7. bias

Question 3

transience

Answer 3

forgetting over time

Question 4

proactive interference

Answer 4

Prior info inhibits the ability to remember new info

Question 5

retroactive interference

Answer 5

new info inhibits the ability to remember old info

Question 6

blocking

Answer 6

Occurs when a person is temporarily unable to remember something

“tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon

Question 7

Absentmindedness

Answer 7

the inattentive or shallow encoding of events (often cause by not paying attention)

Question 8

amnesia

Answer 8

A deficit in long-term memory resulting from disease, brain injury, or psychological trauma, in which the individual loses the ability to retrieve vast quantities of info from long-term memory

Question 9

what are the two basic types of amnesia?

Answer 9

1. retrograde

2. anterograde

Question 10

retrograde amnesia

Answer 10

A condition in which people lose past memories, such as memories for events, facts, people, or even personal info

Question 11

anterograde amnesia

Answer 11

a condition in which people lose the ability to form new memories

Question 12

persistence

Answer 12

the continual recurrence of unwanted memories