proactive interference
(noun)
When past memories inhibit an individual's full potential to retain new memories.
Examples of proactive interference in the following topics:
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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- Proactive interference is when old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as when outdated scientific facts interfere with the ability to remember updated facts.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.
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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.
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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.
- Proactive interference occurs when old memories hinder the ability to make new memories.
- In this type of interference, old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as when outdated scientific facts interfere with the ability to remember updated facts.
- This is known as proactive and retroactive interference.
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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.
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Coping with Stress
- The term "coping" usually refers to dealing with the stress that comes after a stressor is presented, but many people also use proactive coping strategies to eliminate or avoid stressors before they occur.
- Proactive coping is a specific type of adaptive strategy that attempts to anticipate a problem before it begins and prepare a person to cope with the coming challenge.
- They provide a quick fix that interferes with the person's ability to break apart the association between the stressor and the symptoms of anxiety.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.