Myer's Psychology 3rd edition - Module 33: forgetting, memory consolidation, and memory improements

anterogade amnesia

inablilty to form new memories

retrograde amnesia

inability to retrieve information in one’s past

encoding failure

memories that were never formed beacuse of no paying attention

forgetting curve

illustrates how we initally lose information but can slow down learning decay

proactive inference (forward acting)

inference that occurs when prior learning disrupts recall of old information ex. unable to remeber the word for bathroom in spanish after learning it in german

retroactive interference (backwards acting)

interference occurs when learning disrupts recall of old information ex. typing in an old credit card pin every time you use it

repression

a defense mechanism that allows us to minimiza anxiety and lasting trauma

reconsolidation

process wen previous stored memories retrieved are altered before being stored again

mis information effect

when exposed to subtle misleading information we may misremeber

source amnesia

faulty memory for how when, or , where information was learned or imagined. misinformation effects

deja vu

eerie sense that you have expereinced this before. Cuses for current situations may subconsciously trigger retreival of an earlier experience