Anterograde amnesia — definition?
Inability to form new long-term memories.
Forgetting — interference role?
Disrupted by competing old or new memories.
Anterograde amnesia — effect?
Inability to form new long-term memories
Interference — types?
Proactive and retroactive interference
Proactive interference — definition?
Old memories hinder learning new information
Ebbinghaus' curve — shows?
Memory declines rapidly then levels off
Encoding failure — cause?
Information never properly enters long-term memory
Repressed memories — concept?
Suppressed memories pushed out of conscious awareness
Storage decay — meaning?
Memory traces fade over time if unrehearsed
Answer 8 questions on Memory Loss and Interference.
1. What is the primary impact of anterograde amnesia on memory processes?
2. What is a primary cause of forgetting associated with proactive interference?
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