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Module 33
UNIT 5 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Term | Definition |
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anterograde amnesia | an inability to form new memories |
retrograde amnesia | an inability to retrieve information from one's past |
proactive interference | the forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information. |
retroactive interference | the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information. |
repression | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories. |
reconsolidation | a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again. |
misinformation effect | occurs when misleading information has distorted one's memory of an event. |
source amnesia | faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined. (Also called source misattribution.) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories. |
déjà vu | that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. |