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Theories of Forgetting: Decay, Interference, and Amnesia

Human Memory Systems and Processes

9th Grade·Social Studies·US-IL-SS

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Distinguish between proactive and retroactive interference, storage decay, retrieval failure, and retrograde/anterograde amnesia.

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Human Memory Systems and Processes

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IL-SS

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Examine how information is encoded, stored across memory systems, retrieved, and reconstructed or forgotten over time.

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SS.Psy.5.9-12Illinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate the complexities of human thought and behavior, as well as the factors related to the individual differences among people.