Memory - Explanations for forgetting

Question 1

Interference

Answer 1

Forgetting because one memory blocks another which causes one memory or both to be distorted.

Question 2

Proactive interference

Answer 2

Forgetting occurs when older memories, already stored, disrupt the recall of newer memories. Forgetting is greater when memories are similar.

Question 3

Retroactive interference

Answer 3

Forgetting occurs when newer memories disrupt the recall of older memories, already stored. Degree of forgetting, again, is greater when memories are similar

Question 4

Retrieval failure

Answer 4

Form of forgetting when we don’t have the necessary cues to access memory. Memory is available but not accessible without required cue.

Question 5

Cues

Answer 5

A trigger of information that allows us to access a certain memory. Cues may be external (environmental context) or internal (mood or degree of drunkenness)