RETRIEVAL FAILURE

By
N., Sam M.S.
-
314

Incapacity to recall knowledge which is acknowledged to be present within the memory.

RETRIEVAL FAILURE: "Amnesia is an extreme form of retrieval failure."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. Dissociative Identity Disorder
  2. Discrimination and Mental Illness in the LGBT Population
  3. PARAMNESIA
  4. ANTISOCIAL REACTION
  5. FUGUE STATE
  6. HYPERMNESIA
  7. WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)
  8. ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
  9. LEVEL OF ASPIRATION
  10. AER HUNGER
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "RETRIEVAL FAILURE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/retrieval-failure/ (accessed March 21, 2023).

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here