Module 28 Flashcards
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The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.
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Retroactive interference
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The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
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Proactive interference
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In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.
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Repression
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Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. (Also called source misattributed) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories.
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Source amnesia
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Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.
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Misinformation effect
