| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process of getting information into the memory system. | Encoding: |
| The retention of encoded information in memory over time. | Storage: |
| The process of getting information out of memory stage. | Retrieval |
| German philosopher who conducted pioneering memory studies. | Hermann Ebbinghaus |
| Long-term memories that are especially resistant to forgetting and that are likely to last a lifetime. | Permastore memory |
| When an older memory disrupts the recall or a newer memory. | Proactive interference |
| When a more recent memory disrupts the recall of an older memory. | Retroactive interference |
| In Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the process of moving anxiety producing memories to the unconscious mind. | Repression |
| Founder of psychoanalysis, a controversial theory about the workings of the unconscious mind. | Sigmund Freud |
| Psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, whose research established the constructed nature of memory. | Elizabeth Loftus |
| Incorporating misleading information into memory of an event. | Misinformation effect |