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Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

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show anterograde amnesia  
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What is an inability to retrieve old memories?   show
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What is proactive interference?   show
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What is retroactive interference?   show
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show an example of motivated forgetting in that anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories are prevented from entering consciousness  
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In psychoanalytic theory, what is the basic defense mechanism?   show
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What is the misinformation effect?   show
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What is source amnesia?   show
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What is deja vu?   show
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show forget  
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People who cannot form new memories can learn _____ ______.   show
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show soon  
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When information that is stored in memory temporarily cannot be found, ___________ _____________ has occurred.   show
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show repression  
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show a person's biases and assumptions  
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show memory construction  
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How would you describe the typical forgetting curve?   show
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Amnesia victims typically have experienced damage to the ______ of the brain.   show
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