Vocab for Unit 2

Question 1

inability to form new memories due to injury or illness

Answer 1

anterograde amnesia

Question 2

why do we forget

Answer 2

encoding failure
storage decay
retrieval failure

Question 3

after learning lists of nonsense syllables such as yox and jih

Answer 3

storage decay

Question 4

the forward acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information

Answer 4

proactive interference

Question 5

the backward acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information

Answer 5

retroactive interference

Question 6

people may forget unwanted memories either consciously or unconsciously

Answer 6

motivated forgetting

Question 7

the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thought, feelings and memories

Answer 7

repression

Question 8

a process in which previously stored memories when retrieved are potentially altered before being stored again

Answer 8

re-consolidation

Question 9

occurs when misleading information has distorted one’s memory of an event

Answer 9

misinformation effect

Question 10

faulty memory for how when or where information was learned or imagined

Answer 10

source amnesia