Memory Exam 3

Question 1

Encoding failure (absentmindedness)

Answer 1

Because we weren’t paying attention when we were leaning that material it doesn’t go to our long-term memory. Ex when talking to someone new, you forget what they are saying because we are focusing on their face instead).

Question 2

Storage decay (transience) – proactive & retroactive interference

Answer 2

interference (Forgetting. When we forget due to the passage of time).

Question 3

Proactive

Answer 3

(when older learning interferes with the retention or recall of new information. Old disrupt new).

Question 4

Retroactive

Answer 4

(when new information disrupts the recall of old information

Question 5

Retrieval failure (blocking)

Answer 5

(Temporary failure to retrieve. In that moment you can’t remember, but an hour later it pops in your head.)

Question 6

Reconsolidation

Answer 6

A process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved are potentially altered before being stored again. Memories can possibly change over time.

Question 7

Source amnesia:

Answer 7

Faulty memory for how, or where information was learned or imagined. Remembering something incorrectly. Thinking not something you imagined actually happened.

Question 8

Misinformation effects

Answer 8

When misleading information has corrupted one’s memory of an event. people may misremember when exposed to misleading information, despite feeling confident. yield sign becomes a stop sign for ex.

Question 9

False memories:

Answer 9

: we easily remember the gist than the words themselves. Candy sugar, honey, and taste; we would falsely remember a not presented similar word such as sweet.