Module 33

Question 1

retrograde amnesia

Answer 1

inability to retrieve memories from ones past

Question 1

anterograde amnesia

Answer 1

inability to form new memories

Question 2

proactive intereference
(forward-acting)

Answer 2

occurs when prior learning disrupts your recall of new info

Question 3

retroactive interference
(backward-acting)

Answer 3

occurs when new learning disrupts recall of old info

Question 4

repression

Answer 4

• in psychoanalytic theory
• the brain self-censors/forgets info like embaressing or anxiety-inducing thoughts, feelings, and memories

Question 5

reconsolidation

Answer 5

process that says memories when retrieved, are slightly altered before being stored again

Question 6

misinformation effect

Answer 6

phenomenon by Elizabeth Loftus that says exposure to false info can alter the memory along w/beliefs, impacting desicion making/behavior

Question 7

source amnesia
AKA source misattribution

Answer 7

faulty memory for how, when, or where info was learned or imagined

Question 8

deja vu

Answer 8

familiarty with a stimulus without a clear idea of where weve encountered it before