Forgetting

Question 1

Interference or

Blocking theory

Answer 1

When one memory or thought interferes in some way with the memory we are trying to recall

Question 2

Retroactive interference

Answer 2

The disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old information
(I have trouble remember my old number because I get it mixed up with my new number)

Question 3

Proactive interference

Answer 3

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info
(I have trouble recalling my new number because I get it mixed up with my old number)

Question 4

Motivated forgetting a.k.a

Repression

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Priming

Answer 5

The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory

Question 6

Misinformation effect

Answer 6

Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event
(Often because of information we’re exposed to AFTER the original event)

Question 7

Imagination inflation

Answer 7

Imagining nonexistent actions and events can cement them into memory

Question 8

Source amnesia

Answer 8

Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined
(Also called Misattribution)

Question 9

Suggestibility

Answer 9

Distortion of memories by deliberate or inadvertent suggestion
(“He was wearing a blue coat, right?”)

Question 10

Reconstruction

Answer 10

The process of filling in the blanks of an incomplete memory without being conscious of doing so

Question 11

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 11

The inability to form memories for new information after a brain injury

Question 12

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 12

The inability to remember information previously stores in memory after a brain injury

Question 13

Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon

Answer 13

The feeling of knowing something that cannot be immediately recalled