AP Psych - Mod 33: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

anterograde amnesia

an inability to form new memories

retrograde amnesia

an inability to retrieve information from one's past

proactive interference

the disruptive effect of older info on the recall of new info

retroactive interference

distruptive effct of newer info on the recall of old info

repression

basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety inducing thoughts, feelings, and memories

reconsolidation

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

misinformation effect

occurs when misleading info has distorted one's memory of an event

source amnesia

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

deja vu

eerie sense that "i've experienced this before"