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process > cognitive process > memory process > interference > associative blocking

Preferred term

associative blocking  

Definition

  • A mechanism used to explain the phenomenon of interference in memory, based on the idea of competition between memory traces. A cue fails to recover a memory because it is more strongly associated with another memory.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • McGeoch, J. A. (1942). The psychology of human learning: An introduction. Longmans.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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