PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Interference Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Module 26: forgetting, memory construction & improving memory. Anterograde amnesia: can recall past, but cannot form new memories. Retrograde amnesia: inability to retrieve info from one"s past. Above conditions: cant make explicit memories but can make implicit memories. Brain areas in young adults that encode info are less responsive in older adults. Certain details are not meaningful and we don"t encode (small details on a coin aren"t meaningful for us to distinguish from other coins & we don"t encode those details, just size, colour, etc) Ebbinghaus" forgetting curve: the course of forgetting has an initial drop in memory, then levels out over time slowly forgetting. Inaccessible memories: never acquired (encoded), discarded (stored memories decay), or we cant retrieve them. Interference: disrupts ability to tone out clutter in order to focus on recalling information. Proactive interference: recalling new info disrupted by prior learning. Retroactive interference: recalling old info disrupted by new learning.