When People Attempt to Prove That Their Actions Are Rational

question 24

Short Answer

When people attempt to prove that their actions are rational and justifiable and thus worthy of approval, they are using ____________________.

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where old memories make it more difficult to learn and remember new information.

Cue-dependent Forgetting

The failure to recall information in the absence of specific cues or conditions that were present at the time of memory encoding.

Decay

The process through which information is lost over time when it is not used or rehearsed.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older information prevents the recall of newer information, impacting memory retention.