Module 33: Forgetting

Someone with RETROGRADE AMNESIA can't ___________________________.

• remember the past

• form new memories

Someone with ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA can't ___________________________.

• remember the past

• form new memories

Herman Ebbinghaus studied the ______________________.

• forgetting curve

• learning curve

• misinformation effect

Elizabeth Loftus studied the ______________________.

• forgetting curve

• learning curve

• misinformation effect

Explicit memories are formed ________________.

• consciously

• unconsciously

Implicit memories are formed ________________.

• consciously

• unconsciously

Storage decay means _______________________.

• we never got the information in

• we can't retrieve the information

• we lose the information over time

Encoding failure means _______________________.

• we never got the information in

• we can't retrieve the information

• we lose the information over time

The misinformation effect is a perfect example of _______________.

• retroactive interference

• proactive interference

Source amnesia occurs when _______________________.

• we can't remember where we learned the information

• misleading information changes our memory of an event.