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Match the description that best matches the term.(3 points)

1. Retrieval cues
2. Repression
3. H.M.
4. Retrograde Amnesia
5. Amnesia
6. Decay
7. Proactive Interference
8. Retroactive Interference
9. Anterograde Amnesia
10. Hippocampus

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a. The loss of memory of events prior to some form of trauma or injury
b. This occurs when prior learning interferes with our ability to recall newer information
c. Loss of memories of personal information
d. This occurs when new information interferes with our ability to recall earlier information or experiences
e. One of the most famous cases of memory loss was the person with these initals
f. This brain structure is responsible for the creation and storage of memories
g. Fading away of memories over time because they are not accesed
h. This is the forgetting of an unpleasent event or piece of information because of its threatening quaility
i. The inability to recall events or facts introduced since the amnesia began
j. When you want to recall something you rely on these

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Here are the terms matched with their corresponding descriptions:

  1. Retrieval cues - j. When you want to recall something you rely on these.
  2. Repression - h. This is the forgetting of an unpleasant event or piece of information because of its threatening quality.
  3. H.M. - e. One of the most famous cases of memory loss was the person with these initials.
  4. Retrograde Amnesia - a. The loss of memory of events prior to some form of trauma or injury.
  5. Amnesia - c. Loss of memories of personal information.
  6. Decay - g. Fading away of memories over time because they are not accessed.
  7. Proactive Interference - b. This occurs when prior learning interferes with our ability to recall newer information.
  8. Retroactive Interference - d. This occurs when new information interferes with our ability to recall earlier information or experiences.
  9. Anterograde Amnesia - i. The inability to recall events or facts introduced since the amnesia began.
  10. Hippocampus - f. This brain structure is responsible for the creation and storage of memories.