Reconsolidation and Retrieval Induced Forgetting

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1. What is associative blocking?

  • Cue word becomes more strongly associated with the competitor word
  • The association between the cue and the target is weakened every time it is incorrectly recalled
  • The non-studied but related item is inhibited so that responding is reduced
  • The non-practiced category items are recalled worse than those that received no practice
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2. Which is not experimental criteria for reconsolidation?

  • Treatment to alter reconsolidation administered
  • The reactivated memory is in a labile state capable of being changed
  • Reactivation of a consolidated memory
  • Test for retention after window for reconsolidation has closed

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

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

4. Inhibition of memory leading to RIF appears to be _________ __________

  • Interference dependent
  • Attention dependent
  • Cue dependent
  • Strength dependent

5. When is there reduced retrieval induced forgetting?

  • When the non-studied item has been inhibited
  • When the association between the cue and non-studied item has been unlearnt
  • When participants undertake a secondary task
  • When people do not have an attention deficit disorder

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