Forgetting and Memory Distortion Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A loss of memory, either partial, or total.
  2. 5. The act of incorporating misleading or inaccurate information into your memory of an event.
  3. 9. A form of retrieval failure where you exclude unwanted memories from your conscious mind.
  4. 10. This type of amnesia occurs when You cannot recall anything before the event that caused the amnesia.
  5. 14. A form of retrieval failure where you learn one thing first and it stops you from being able to recall a new thing.
  6. 16. This type of amnesia occurs when You cannot recall anything before the event that caused the amnesia.
  7. 17. A form of retrieval failure where you learn one thing second and it stops you from being able to recall an older thing.
  8. 18. A type of memory construction error in which someone is mislead and they incorporate incorrect information into their memory of an event because of something that was said.
  9. 19. This refers to difficulties in recall that stem from a lack of proper retrieval cues.
  10. 20. A type of memory construction error in which someone cannot recall when, where, or how they learned something.
Down
  1. 1. A memory-related mental health disorder in which there is a disconnections between thoughts, memory, surrounding, actions, and identity.
  2. 2. A form of retrieval failure when someone can't quite recall a familiar word but can recall it's meaning and/or similar words.
  3. 4. The theory that memory worsens, simply by the passage of time.
  4. 6. When there is a problem in the process of receiving information and putting it in long term storage.
  5. 7. A type of memory construction error in which someone recalls when, where, or how they leaned something incorrectly.
  6. 8. A type of memory construction error in which someone creates a false memory which they truly believe in, not intending it as a lie.
  7. 11. A memory-related mental health disorder which is chronic and gradually erodes someones personality, memory, and intellectual abilities.
  8. 12. This type of amnesia occurs when adults cannot recall their childhood life.
  9. 13. A memory-related mental health disorder where there is an extreme change in someones cognitive functioning resulting in confused thinking and lack of awareness of their surroundings.
  10. 15. A memory-related mental health disorder in which a patient loses cognitive functioning, thinking, remembering, and reasoning, so much so that it interferes with their daily life.
  11. 18. A form of retrieval failure where people block out, forget, or remove unwanted memories.