retroactive interference

Examples of retroactive interference in the following topics:

• The Fallibility of Memory

  • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.
  • Proactive interference is when old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as when outdated scientific facts interfere with the ability to remember updated facts.
  • Retroactive interference is when new information inhibits the ability to remember old information, such as when hearing recent news figures, then trying to remember earlier facts and figures.

• Memory Retrieval: Recognition and Recall

  • Interference occurs in memory when there is an interaction between the new material being learned and previously learned material.
  • There are two main kinds of interference: proactive and retroactive.
  • Proactive interference is the forgetting of information due to interference from previous knowledge in LTM.
  • Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the encoding or recall of previously learned information.
  • This is due to retroactive interference.

• Types of Forgetting

  • Under interference theory, transience occurs because all memories interfere with the ability to recall other memories.
  • Proactive and retroactive interference can impact how well we are able to recall a memory, and sometimes cause us to forget things permanently.
  • In this type of interference, old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as when outdated scientific facts interfere with the ability to remember updated facts.
  • Retroactive interference occurs when old memories are changed by new ones, sometimes so much that the original memory is forgotten.
  • This is known as proactive and retroactive interference.

• Transience and Encoding Failure

  • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.
  • Proactive interference is when old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as preconceived notions, or changes in historical or scientific facts over time.
  • Retroactive interference is when new information inhibits the ability to remember old information, such as when hearing recent news figures, then trying to remember earlier facts and figures.

• Depressive Disorders

  • When you have clinical depression, it interferes with daily life and causes significant pain for both you and those who care about you.
  • The symptoms interfere with a person's ability to work, sleep, study, eat, and enjoy pleasurable activities.
  • The symptoms must significantly interfere with one or more areas of an individual's life (such as work, relationships, school, etc.) and must not be directly caused by a medical condition or the use of substances.

• Learning Disabilities and Special Education

  • Deficits in social skills can interfere with the development of appropriate peer relationships, and repetitive behaviors can be obsessive and interfere with a child's daily activities.

• Introduction to Anxiety Disorders

  • The difference between normal anxiety and an anxiety disorder is that anxiety disorders cause such severe distress as to interfere with someone's ability to lead a normal life.

• Defining Emotion

  • The field of clinical psychology involves diagnosing and treating emotional disturbances and mental disorders that interfere with a person's well-being and quality of life.

• Specific Learning Disorder

  • Academic performance must be below average in at least one of these fields, and the symptoms may also interfere with daily life or work.

• Other Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

  • This preoccupation must interfere with some aspect of their social, occupation, or daily life, and the symptoms must not be better explained by an eating disorder.
  • The symptoms must interfere with some aspect of the person's social, occupational, or daily life.
  • They must experience distress related to this behavior and repeatedly try to stop, and the symptoms must interfere with some aspect of social, occupational, or daily life functioning.
  • The behavior must interfere with some aspect of the person's social, occupational, or daily life, and cannot be attributed to a medical condition or another mental disorder.