Module 25 Vocabulary: Forgetting, Memory Construction...

Which term refers to the inability to form new memories after a brain injury?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Source amnesia

• Repression

What is the term for the loss of memories from before a brain injury?

• Anterograde amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

• Source amnesia

• Proactive interference

What term describes the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information?

• Retroactive interference

• Source amnesia

• Proactive interference

• Reconsolidation

The phenomenon where new learning interferes with the recall of old information is known as:

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Source amnesia

• Misinformation effect

Which term describes the unconscious blocking of distressing memories?

• Reconsolidation

• Misinformation effect

• Source amnesia

• Repression

The process by which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again is called:

• Reconsolidation

• Repression

• Source amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

Which term refers to incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event?

• Source amnesia

• Deja vu

• Misinformation effect

• Proactive interference

The inability to remember where, when, or how previously learned information was acquired is called:

• Source amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Reconsolidation

• Deja vu

The eerie sense that "I've experienced this before" is known as:

• Source amnesia

• Deja vu

• Misinformation effect

• Retroactive interference