AP®︎ Psychology: Topic 2.7 Flashcards

Master key terms and definitions for Topic 2.7 of AP Psychology – Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges to help you prep for quizzes and the AP exam.

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Term

Forgetting Curve

Definition

The pattern in which retention declines rapidly soon after learning and then levels off over time

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Forgetting Curve
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The pattern in which retention declines rapidly soon after learning and then levels off over time

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Encoding Failure
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Failure to form a retrievable long-term memory because information was not adequately encoded

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Retrieval Failure
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The inability to access stored information at a particular moment, often because effective retrieval cues are absent

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Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon
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A temporary inability to retrieve stored information despite partial access and a strong feeling that recall is close

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Interference
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Competition between sets of information that makes learning or accurate retrieval more difficult

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Proactive Interference
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Interference in which older information disrupts the learning or retrieval of newer information

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Retroactive Interference
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Interference in which newer information disrupts the retrieval of older information

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Repression
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The psychodynamic defense mechanism that unconsciously keeps distressing thoughts, feelings, or memories out of awareness

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Constructive Memory
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The rebuilding of a memory from stored information, schemas, expectations, and later information rather than replaying an exact recording

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Memory Consolidation
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The process through which a newly encoded memory becomes stable and integrated into long-term storage

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Reconsolidation
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The restabilization of a retrieved memory after it becomes temporarily open to updating or modification

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Misinformation Effect
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The alteration of a later memory report by misleading information encountered after an event

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Source Amnesia
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Remembering information while forgetting or misidentifying where that information originated

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Imagination Inflation
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An increase in confidence that an event occurred after the event has been imagined

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