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MCAT Psychological Social Foundations Flashcards: 6b Forgetting Memory Disorders Plasticity

Study 6b Forgetting Memory Disorders Plasticity in MCAT Psychological Social Foundations with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the decay theory of forgetting?

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Forgetting occurs as memory traces fade with time without use. This theory posits that unused memories naturally weaken and fade over time without interference or retrieval issues.

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A 34-year-old patient presents after a traumatic brain injury. She recalls events up to the accident but has patchy memory for the hours immediately preceding it, with otherwise intact new learning in the weeks after recovery. The clinician attributes the pre-accident memory gap to disrupted consolidation rather than malingering. Which finding would be most consistent with this account?
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