-how information is lost overtime when there is no attempt to retain it
Protractive Interference
-the forward acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information
-Ex: trying to learn a new locker combo but your well reversed old combo might interfere
Retroactive Interference
-the backward acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information
-Ex: If someone sings new song lyrics to an old tone, you may have trouble remembering the original words
Repression
-psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and awareness.
Tip-of-the-Tounge Phenomenon
a cognitive experience where someone is temporarily unable to retrieve a word or name from memory, even though they feel that they know it and are close to recalling it.
Encoding Failure
-when information is not successfully transferred from short-term memory into long-term memory
Source Amnesia
-memory phenomenon where someone can remember certain information (a fact, concept, or event) but forgets where or how they acquired that information.
Reconsolidation
-a process in which perviously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again
Misinformation Effect
-occurs when a memory has been corrupted by misleading information.
-Ex: using the word "smashed" instead of "hit" creates a more dramatic imagine in peoples' min
Constructive Memory
-the idea that memory is not a perfect recording of past events but rather a reconstructive process.
-when we recall memories, our brains actively reconstruct the details, often filling in gaps or adding new information based on expectations, current beliefs, and external suggestions
Imagination Inflation
-a psychological phenomenon where vividly imagining an event increases the likelihood of believing it actually happened, even if it didn’t
