forgetting

Question 1

forgetting

Answer 1

inability to retrieve info due to poor encoding, storage, or retrival

Question 2

encoding failure

Answer 2

we cannot remember what we didn’t encode, if we didn’t pay attention we won’t be able to retrieve it later

Question 3

storage decay

Answer 3

poor durability of stored memories leads to decay

Question 4

retrieval failure

Answer 4

although the info is retained in memory it cannot be assessed

Question 5

storage decay… Ebbinghaus

Answer 5

showed decay with his forgetting curve

Question 6

retrieval failures

Answer 6

tip of tongue, proactive interference, retroactive interference

Question 7

proactive inference

Answer 7

when old info interferes with and blocks the retrieval of new info

Question 8

retroactive interference from

Answer 8

when new info interferes with and blocks the retrieval of old info

Question 9

motivated forgetting

Answer 9

people unknowingly revise their memories; we don’t remember items we want to remember
-repression

Question 10

amnesia

Answer 10

partial or complete loss of memory due to physical or psychological damage

Question 11

anterograde amnesia

Answer 11

inability to remember ongoing events after the incident

Question 12

retrograde amnesia

Answer 12

inability to remember events that occurred before the incident

Question 13

source amnesia

Answer 13

attributing an event to the source we have experienced