Psyc1010 Chapter 8.3
Both involve the loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma. With anterograde amnesia, you cannot remember new information; however, you can remember information and events that happened prior to your injury. Retrograde amnesia is the exact opposite: you experience loss of memory for events that occurred before the trauma.
Compare and contrast the two types of amnesia.
Both are types of forgetting caused by a failure to retrieve information. With retroactive interference, new information hinders the ability to recall older information. With proactive interference, it's the opposite: old information hinders the recall of newly learned information.
Compare and contrast the two types of interference.
construction; reconstruction
The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ________, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ________. construction; reconstruction reconstruction; construction production; reproduction reproduction; production
blocking
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is also known as ________. persistence misattribution transience blocking
egocentric bias
________ is when our recollections of the past are done in a self-enhancing manner. stereotypical bias egocentric bias hindsight bias enhancement bias
misinformation effect paradigm
after exposure to incorrect information, a person may misremember the original event
suggestibility
effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories
persistence
failure of the memory system that involves the involuntary recall of unwanted memories, particularly unpleasant ones
construction
formulation of new memories
bias
how feelings and view of the world distort memory of past events
retroactive interference
information learned more recently hinders the recall of older information
absentmindedness
lapses in memory that are caused by breaks in attention or our focus being somewhere else
forgetting
loss of information from long-term memory
amnesia
loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma
anterograde amnesia
loss of memory for events that occur after the brain trauma
retrograde amnesia
loss of memory for events that occurred prior to brain trauma
transience
memory error in which unused memories fade with the passage of time
blocking
memory error in which you cannot access stored information
misattribution
memory error in which you confuse the source of your information
proactive interference
old information hinders the recall of newly learned information
reconstruction
process of bringing up old memories that might be distorted by new information
false memory syndrome
recall of false autobiographical memories