Myers' Psychology for AP®, 2e, Module 33

anterograde amnesia

an inability to form new memories. (p. 342)

déjà vu

that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. (p. 349)

misinformation effect

incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event. (p. 347)

proactive interference

the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information. (p. 345)

repression

in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories. (p. 346)

retroactive interference

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. (p. 345)

retrograde amnesia

an inability to retrieve information from one's past. (p. 342)

source amnesia

attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. (Also called source misattribution.) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories. (p. 349)