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1. Availability/consolidation failure:

  • once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
  • failure to retrieve information
  • information that isn’t attended to isn’t encoded
  • memory decays over time
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2. Trace decay theory:

  • once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
  • the probability of remembering something depends on how much time has passed since learning
  • ability to remember information can be affected by information that has been/will be learned
  • recent events are easier to recall, but the rate of forgetting is also quickest shortly after learning, information is forgotten because it’s no longer available

3. What are the two kinds of interference according to the interference theory?

  • Pro-active interference and retro-active interference
  • Pre interference and post interference
  • Implicit interference and explicit interference
  • Visual interference and auditory interference

4. Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve:

  • recent events are easier to recall, but the rate of forgetting is also quickest shortly after learning, information is forgotten because it’s no longer available
  • once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
  • the probability of remembering something depends on how much time has passed since learning
  • ability to remember information can be affected by information that has been/will be learned

5. Which of these is not a bias?

  • Congruency bias
  • Egocentric bias
  • Consistency bias
  • Change bias

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