What Is a Chronometric Approach to Assessing Memory That Involves

question 58

Multiple Choice

What is a chronometric approach to assessing memory that involves having a person engaging in one task that includes a mental operation and another task that is identical except for the exclusion of that operation?

• A) priming
• B) subtractive factors logic
• C) cluster analyses
• D) additive factors logic

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

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

Retroactive Interference

A psychological phenomenon where newer memories disrupt the recall of older ones.

Anterograde Interference

A cognitive phenomenon where new information interferes with the ability to recall older information.

Consolidation Problems

Difficulties in the process of stabilizing a memory trace after the initial acquisition.