Amnesia
Interference
Misinformation Effect
Forgetting
100

an inability to retrieve information from one's past

retrograde amnesia

100

the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

proactive interference

100

the mind creates reasons to justify your feelings, which causes you to believe false truths unconsciously

confabulations

100

Gradual increase of the physical memory trace

Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve

200

an inability to form new memories

anterograde amnesia

200

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information

retroactive interference

200

Who did the car wreck experiment

John Palmer and Elizabeth Loftus

200

an unconscious wall that you build up due to trauma

repression

300

attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined

source amnesia

300

If you get someone's name mixed up with another, what kind of interference is that?

proactive interference

300

Interviewers use words such as "smash" when explaining a car crash for what reason?

To get a better description of the accident

300

True or False: Looking over vocabulary words only before the test will help you learn/remember them

False: In order to actually learn/remember something, you need to repeat and go over them.

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