types of forgetting

• retrieval failure is when we can't remember something because it has been stored incorrectly
• interference theory suggests that information may be forgotten due to interference from other memories or new learning
• define decay

  is when a memory has reached its maximum duration
• define displacement

  when a memory is forgotten because its reached maximum capacity
• what memory store is displacement in

  short term
• amnesia

  is forgetting something due to trauma to the head
• what memory store is displacement

  long and short term
• what memory store is interference

  long term
• what memory store is retrieval error 


  long term