Forgetting Theories
Severe memory loss is known as
A. Motivated Forgetting
B. Retroactive Interference
C. Amnesia
D. Interference
C: Amnesia
Forgetting theory where forgetting is not caused by the mere passage of time, but is caused by one memory competing with or replacing another memory.
A. Motivated Forgetting
B. Encoding Failure
C. Decay
D. Interference Theory
D: Interference Theory
Type of forgetting theory where an undesired memory is held back from awareness.
A. Decay Theory
B. Encoding Failure
C. Interference Theory
D. Motivated Forgetting
D: Motivated Forgetting
Inability to remember past episodic information; common after a head injury.
A. Motivated Forgetting
B. Decay
C. Retrograde Amnesia
D. Anterograde Amnesia
C: Retrograde Amnesia
Type of interference where a new memory interferes with remembering old information.
A. Proactive Interference
B. Retroactive Interference
C. Motivated Forgetting
D. Decay Interference
B: Retroactive Interference
Forgetting theory where memories fade away gradually if unused.
A. Decay theory
B. Encoding Failure
C. Motivated Forgetting
D. Interference Theory
A: Decay Theory
Type of forgetting theory where information is never transferred correctly into long-term memory.
A. Interference Theories
B. Encoding Failure
C. Decay
D. Motivated Forgetting
B: Encoding Failure
Type of interference that occurs when an old memory interferes with remembering new information.
A. Proactive Interference
B. Retroactive Interference
C. Encoding Interference
D. Motivated Forgetting
A: Proactive Interference
True or False: Decay theories are widely favored today as a theory of why people forget things.
False
The inability to form new memories; related to hippocampus damage.
A. Retrograde Amnesia
B. Anterograde Amnesia
C. Motivated Forgetting
D. Decay
B: Anterograde Amnesia
At what memory stage can forgetting information occur?
Forgetting can occur at any memory stage
(Sensory memory, working memory, and long term memory)
True or False: On average, people can hold approximately 15 items in their working memory at any given time.
False ( On average people can hold around 5 to 9 items in their working memories)
Name the four forgetting theories.
1. Encoding Failure
2. Interference Theory
3. Motivated Forgetting
4. Decay Theory
Memories of where you parked your car last week interferes with the ability to find where you parked your car today. What type of interference are you experiencing in this situation?
Proactive Interference
Although you have looked at pennies many times, you still have difficulty describing or identifying what a penny looks like. This describes which one of the four forgetting theories?
What stage of memory is thought to be permanent?
Long-Term Memory