When Past Memories Make It More Difficult to Encode and Retrieve

question 133

Short Answer

When past memories make it more difficult to encode and retrieve new information,you have experienced interference.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A process where introducing a stimuli following a behavior leads to an increase in the frequency of that behavior, reinforcing the desired action.

Positive Punishment

A method in behavioral psychology that involves adding an unfavorable outcome in response to an undesirable behavior to decrease its occurrence.

Negative Punishment

A behavioral psychology concept where reducing or removing a desirable stimulus follows an unwanted behavior, aiming to decrease that behavior's frequency.

Behaviorist Movement

A movement in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors, avoiding theories about mental processes, and emphasizes the environmental impacts on a subject's behavior.