The Experiential Effect Is the Extent to Which Previous Experience

question 50

True/False

The experiential effect is the extent to which previous experience affects individuals' perceptions of how severe criminal punishment will be when deciding whether or not to offend again.

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories, often observed in learning and memory studies.

Retroactive Interference

occurs when newly learned information interferes with and impedes the recall of previously learned information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

A type of memory loss where the information is not forgotten but cannot be retrieved without specific cues or triggers.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.