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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.5
What is the impact of encoding failure on memory?
Older memories interfere with the ability to make new ones.
Memories are forgotten due to passage of time and lack of use.
Information isn't properly remembered because it was not encoded into long-term memory correctly.
New memories interfere with the retrieval of old ones.
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AP Psychology - 5.5 Forgetting and Memory Distortion
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