Module 33 (Forgetting, memory construcion, and improving memeory)

anterograde amnesia

an inability to form new memories

Retrograde amnesia

an inability to retrieve information from one's past

Proactive interference

occurs when old information interferes with the recall of new information(forward acting)

Retroactive inteference

when new information interferes with the ability to remember old information

Repression

Psychoanalytic theory defense mechanism that banishes axiety arousing thoughts, memories, and feeling

Reconsolidation

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

Misinformation effect

when misleading information distorts one's memory of an event

Example of Misinformation effect

Cars smashed vs hit

Source amnesia ( Source Misattribution)

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

deja vu

when cues of a current situation trigger retrieval of an earlier experience