PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Limbic System, Cryptomnesia, Dejavu Fonts
15 Sep 2016
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Enhancing ability to think of a stimulus, such as a word or object, as a result of a recent exposure to the stimulus. Transience forgetting which occurs with the passage of time retroactive interference: situations in which later learning impairs memory for information acquired earlier proactive interference: situations in which earlier learning impairs memory for information acquired later. Absentmindedness lapse in attention that results in memory failure. Many everyday instances probably results from a kind of divided attention . Blocking failure to retrieve information that is available in memory even though you are trying to produce it. Tip-of-the-tongue experience temporary inability to retrieve information that is stored in memory, accompanied by the feeling that you are on the verge of recovering the information. Suggestibility tendency to incorporate misleading information from external sources into personal recollections. May be a source of false eyewitness testimonies.
