Intro to Psychology Memory

Memory Quiz 4

Figure 25.4, pg 276

Anterograde Amnesia

inability to form new memories

Retrograde Amnesia

inability to remember info from one’s past

Proactive Interference

the forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new info

Retroactive Interference

backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old info

Repression

in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

Reconsolidation

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

Misinformation Effect

occurs when a memory has been corrupted by misleading info

Source Amnesia

faulty memory for how, when, or where info was learned or imagined. This plus the misinformation effect is at the heart of many false memories

Deja vu

that eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before.” Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience