Unit 3 topic 3- Forgetting

Question 1

Forgetting

Answer 1

inability to remember previously stored information from long term memory

Question 2

encoding failure

Answer 2

failure to remember information that has not been adequately encoded and transferred into long term memory

Question 3

retrieval failure

Answer 3

inability to access previously stored information because of lack of appropriate retrieval cues

Question 4

interference theory

Answer 4

inability to remember information because retrieval is disrupted by newer or older memories

Question 5

proactive interference

Answer 5

disrupted by older memories

Question 6

retroactive interference

Answer 6

disrupted by newer memories