Sin
Type
Forgetting
Forgetting
Transience
• Encoding Failure
Absentmindedness
Blocking
Misattribution
Description
Example
Accessibility decreases over
time
Forget events of long ago
• We do
not encode information
properly
Forgetting
Lapse of attention
• Memory Errors (7 Sins of Memory)
Forgetting
• Interference
Theory Memory is blocked
Distortion InterferenceSource of memory is confused
• Retroactive
Where is my phone?
Tip of the Tongue
A dream you think is real
• New info interferes with old info
Suggestibility
Distortion
False Memories
Asked a leading question
• Proactive Interference
Bias
Persistence
Current belief system
• OldDistortion
info interferes with new
info
interferes
Intrusion
Cannot forget bad memories
Align memories to belief
system
Traumatic events