Learned Avoidance Behaviors Are Hard to Extinguish

question 77

True/False

Learned avoidance behaviors are hard to extinguish.

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where old information hinders the recall of newly learned information.

Repressed Memories

Memories that are involuntarily repressed because they are linked to severe trauma or stress.

Storage Decay

The gradual fading of stored information in the brain over time, when that information is not used or retrieved.

Tip-of-the-tongue

A cognitive phenomenon where an individual is unable to fully retrieve a word or name but has partial recall or a strong feeling that they know it.