Forgetting & Other Memory Challenges Flashcards
Forgetting Curve
graph of how fast your short term memory gets rid of information/stimulli
Encoding Failure
when your brain fails to encode information into long-term memory
Proactive Interference
when past information interferes with learning new information
Retroactive Interference
when new information interferes with the recall of old information
Inadequate Retrieval
there were not enough cues or triggers to help the brain remember the information
Tip-of-the-tongue
you know the information but you can’t quite recall it
Repression
unconscious decision to bury provoking memories hiding them from conscious awareness
Misinformation Effect
incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event
Source Amnesia
forgetting where the memory came from
Constructive Memory
memory gets imagined, selected, changed, and rebuilt
Memory Consolidation
using working memory to send memories to long-term storage
Imagination Inflation
people asked to remember event and add details to the story (inflate story)
