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Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges. Two low-ink student pages with concept connections, model building, and written application. Student practice is open for classroom testing.

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CLSM / AP PSYCHOLOGY · PRACTICE COMPANION

2.7 / Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges

Name ___________________________ Date __________________

01 Connect a concept.

Explain each concept in your own words. Add a brief example that shows why the concept fits.

Forgetting curve
Encoding failure
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference

02 Build the explanation.

When remembering fails. Match the access problem with its description.

  1. Information was not adequately put into memory in the first place.
  2. Stored information cannot be accessed with the currently available cues.
  3. A detail that was never encoded must have been erased from long-term storage.
  4. A temporary feeling of knowing a word that cannot currently be retrieved.
  5. A pattern in which forgetting is initially rapid and later slows.
Forgetting curve
Encoding failure
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
Retrieval failure
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CLSM / AP PSYCHOLOGY · APPLY & EXPLAIN

Use the idea in a new situation.

03 Make a choice. Give a reason.

1. A fictional study gives the misleading-question group a shorter viewing time than the neutral-question group. What is the clearest design problem?
  1. Random sampling automatically removes the unequal viewing time.
  2. Viewing time is confounded with question wording.
  3. The dependent variable must be the participants’ confidence.

My choice: ______   Why it fits:

2. An exhibit claims, “A missing memory proves repression.” Which revision is defensible?
  1. A memory gap can have several explanations and does not establish repression.
  2. Every missing detail must be a result of new learning.
  3. A confident guess can establish what caused the memory gap.

My choice: ______   Why it fits:

04 Bring it together.

How do proactive and retroactive interference differ in direction?

One idea I corrected today: ___________________________________________________
One question I still have: _______________________________________________________