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AP Psychology Module 33 Flashcards

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6083344794Anterograde AmnesiaAn inability to form new memories.0
6083348903Retrograde AmnesiaAn inability to retrieve information from one's past.1
6083354450Proactive InterferenceThe disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.2
6083356703Retroactive InterferenceThe disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.3
6083359689RepressionIn psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.4
6083368407Misinformation EffectIncorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.5
6083372583Source AmnesiaAttributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.6
6083372584Déjà vuThat eerie sense that "I've already experienced this before".7
6084148206Elizabeth LoftusShown how eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories after a crime or an accident. (Promotes the misinformation effect)8
6084167606Encoding FailureMuch of what we sense we never notice, and what we fail to code, we will never remember.9
6084173865Retrieval FailureOften, forgetting is not memories faded but memories unretrieved.10
6084180290Storage DecayThe course of forgetting is initially rapid, then levels off with time.11

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