Cookies Are Freely Available in the Kitchen, Except When Your

question 62

Multiple Choice

Cookies are freely available in the kitchen, except when your mother is home. Then, you have to ask for them. Your behavior toward your mother is governed by

• A) habit.
• B) instinctive drift (i.e., misbehavior).
• C) S-(R-O) associations.
• D) S-O associations.

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Definitions:

Reactive Interference

A phenomenon wherein newer information interferes with one's ability to recall older information.

Retroactive Interference

A memory disruption that occurs when newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Encoding Failure

The inability to form a memory due to insufficient attention to the details of an event or information at the time of encoding.

Decay

The process of declining in quality, power, or vitality, often used in reference to physical or biological deterioration over time.