Reconsolidation and Retrieval Induced Forgetting

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1. What is associative blocking?

  • The non-practiced category items are recalled worse than those that received no practice
  • The association between the cue and the target is weakened every time it is incorrectly recalled
  • Cue word becomes more strongly associated with the competitor word
  • The non-studied but related item is inhibited so that responding is reduced
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2. What memories are easier to change via reconsolidation?

  • Shorter
  • Weaker
  • Longer
  • Stronger

3. If Group A learned the second sequence after reactivating the memory for the day 1 sequence, what was their performance like?

  • They made significantly more errors on the day 1 sequence compared to group B
  • They made significantly less errors on the day 1 sequence compared to group B
  • They made significantly more errors on the day 2 sequence compared to group B
  • They made significantly less errors on the day 2 sequence compared to group B

4. What area of inhibition might fMRI evidence be consistent with?

  • Later inhibition of the highly accessible but incorrect items
  • Later inhibition of the less accessible but correct items
  • Initial inhibition of the highly accessible but incorrect items
  • Initial inhibition of the less accessible but correct items

5. The level of ________ in the prefrontal cortex correlated with the degree of RIF for the ___________ but _______ items

  • Deactivation, non-practiced, related
  • Activation, practiced, unrelated
  • Deactivation, non-practiced, unrelated
  • Activation, practiced, related

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