PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Interference Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Aviva Goldberg

Document Summary

The state of losing our sense of individuality and becoming less aware of our own responsibility for our actions. Basically this means that you lose self awareness and personal responsibility if you are in a crowd (mob!) Interference things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt. Retroactive interference when information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously. Proactive interference when information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information. Context the general setting or environment in which activities happen. Amnesia memory loss usually caused by physical injury to the brain; it can also be caused by a traumatic or emotional event. Anterograde amnesia being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage. Hippocampus a brain structure that is crucial for memory. Retrograde amnesia loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occurred.