forgetting

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what is proactive interference? 
when old informations interferes with the new information you are trying to store
what is retroactive interference? 
when a new memory interferes with older ones
what is retrieval failure? 
failure to find an item of information because you have insufficient cues.
what are the 2 types of cues? 
external cues - contex dependant
internal cues - state dependant
what does context dependant mean? 
surrounding environment
where who?
what does state dependant mean? 
emotion