Chapter 6: Memory - Module 20: Forgetting

Question 1

True or false: Forgetting is always a bad thing.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In Hermann Ebbinghaus, he found that forgetting occurs most rapidly when?

Answer 2

In the first nine hours, especially the first hour. (p. 224, 226)

Question 3

What is failure to encode?

Answer 3

The information was not placed in memory to start with. (p. 226)

Question 4

What is decay?

Answer 4

The loss of information through disuse, based on the assumption that memory traces. (Contested). (P. 226)

Question 5

What is interference?

Answer 5

When new memory disrupts the recall of other information. (p.227)

Question 6

What us cue-dependent forgetting?

Answer 6

Insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information in memory.
Eg. Can’t remember keys until you mentally re-walk through your day. (p. 227)

Question 7

What is proactive interference?

Answer 7

information learned earlier disrupts the recall of newer material.

Question 8

What is retroactive interference?

Answer 8

Difficulty recalling information because of later exposure to different material.
Eg. Difficulty on your French test because of your more recent exposure to Spanish. (p. 227)

Question 9

Do we really know whether forgetting is the result of loss of information or issues with its retrieval?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

What is what is retrograde amnesia?

Answer 10

Memory is lost for occurrences from before to an injury. (p. 229)

Question 11

What is anterograde amnesia?

Answer 11

Loss of memory of things for events that follow/after an injury. (p. 229)

Funny way of remembering: In 20 first dates, he words hard like an ant to build a life with her.

Question 12

What is the name of a progressive brain disorder that leads to gradual and irreversible decline in cognitive abilities?

Answer 12

Alzheimer’s disease