What is Encoding Failure?
Failure to store information in long-term memory.
What is Proactive Interference?
Old memories block the ability to remember new information.
What is Retroactive Interference?
New memories block the ability to remember old information.
What is the Misinformation Effect?
Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.
What is Source Amnesia?
Forgetting where you learned something.
What is Constructive Memory?
Memories change over time, and we fill in gaps with imagined details, leading to inaccuracies.
What is Repression?
Pushing upsetting memories out of conscious awareness.
What is the Forgetting Curve?
Shows how the ability to recall information decreases over time.
What is the Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon?
Knowing the information but not being able to recall it.
What does the Forgetting Curve illustrate about memory?
Forgetting is rapid initially, then slows down over time.
Explain the concept of Encoding Failure.
Information never enters long-term memory because it was not properly attended to or processed.
How does Interference affect memory retrieval?
Other memories block or distort the recall of specific information.
Describe the Psychodynamic View on forgetting.
Forgetting can be a defense mechanism to protect the ego, such as repression.
What is the key idea behind Constructive Memory?
Memories are not perfect recordings; they are reconstructed and can be inaccurate.
What is the impact of misleading information on memory?
Misleading information can alter our memories, leading to the misinformation effect.
Compare Proactive and Retroactive Interference.
Proactive: old info blocks new; Retroactive: new info blocks old.
