You Move to a New House and Memorize Your New

question 29

Multiple Choice

You move to a new house and memorize your new phone number.Now you can't remember your old phone number.What does this example illustrate

• A) retroactive interference 
• B) proactive interference 
• C) retrograde amnesia 
• D) motivated forgetting

Understand causal attribution and its effects on perception and behavior.

Recognize the influence of cognitive biases on decision-making and perception.

Interpret social interactions through the lens of attribution theories.

Identify the role of individual differences in social perception.

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Definitions:

Declarative Memories

Memories that can be consciously recalled, such as facts and events.

Types

Categories or classifications into which objects, people, or concepts are divided based on common characteristics.

Recognition

The cognitive process of identifying and acknowledging the familiarity of something, such as an object, person, or situation, based on previous experiences.

Recall

The mental process of retrieving information from the past, an essential aspect of memory function.