Memory Review

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What is Retrograde Amnesia?

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A type of amnesia where a person cannot recall memories that were formed before the onset of amnesia.

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What is Anterograde Amnesia?

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A type of amnesia where a person cannot form new memories after the onset of amnesia.

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What is Encoding in memory?

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The process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory.

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What is Retrieval in memory?

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The process of accessing and bringing into consciousness information stored in memory.

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What is Storage in memory?

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The process of maintaining information in memory over time.

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What is the Availability Heuristic?

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A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic.

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What is the Sunk Cost Fallacy?

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A cognitive bias that leads individuals to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort, or time has been made.

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What is Proactive Interference?

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A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the retrieval of newer memories.

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What is Retroactive Interference?

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A phenomenon where new information interferes with the retrieval of older memories.

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What is the Gambler's Fallacy?

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The belief that past events can influence the probability of future independent events.