Our Inability to Remember Information Presented in the Seconds Just

question 113

Multiple Choice

Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fall asleep is most likely due to

• A) motivated forgetting.
• B) the misinformation effect.
• C) retroactive interference.
• D) encoding failure.

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Definitions:

Internal Morality

The set of moral principles that guide an individual's actions, developed independently of external rules or laws.

Conscience

A component of the superego that contains behaviors for which the child has been punished.

Primary-process Thought

A Freudian concept involving primitive, instinctual thought patterns that are illogical and driven by the unconscious mind.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.