Consolidation and Forgetting

Question 1

Forgetting

Answer 1

inability to recall something now that could be recalled on an earlier occasion

Question 2

Absence of cue

Answer 2

inaccessibility

Question 3

Trace Decay

Answer 3

memories fade over time

without rehearsal phonological info fades from the store

Question 4

Interference

Answer 4

ability to remember current information is disrupted by previous learning and future learning

Question 5

Proactive Interference

Answer 5

old information interferes with learning of new information

Question 6

Retroactive Interference

Answer 6

new information interferes with retention of old information

Question 7

Cue Dependent Forgetting

Answer 7

google search engine
failure to retrieve as appropriate cue has not been presented
memory exists but issues accessing it
context dependent memory studies

Question 8

Synaptic Consolidation

Answer 8

changes in the connectivity between neurons

occurs quite rapidly - explains anterograde amnesia

Question 9

Systemic Consolidation

Answer 9

memories become independent from hippocampus and move to surrounding cortices
long term process - explains retrograde amnesia

Question 10

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 10

can’t make new memories
more susceptible to the effects of retroactive interference
memories can be preserved if interference is reduced - allowing more efficient synaptic consolidation

Question 11

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 11

can’t remember anything prior to accident

old memories more resilient than recent ones (graded amnesia)

Question 12

Damage to hippocampus

Answer 12

affects new memories and older ones survive

older memories get moved to neocortex (outer layer of the brain)