Displacement

toc = Definition: = The event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten. Gen Psych, Chapter 6, Pg. 170

= Examples: = Trying to cram for a test, then once the test arrives, you forget the information that was shortly studied.

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