APA Dictionary of Psychology
retention
- n.
- persistence of learned behavior or experience during a period when it is not being performed or practiced, as indicated by the ability to recall, recognize, reproduce, or relearn it.
- the storage and maintenance of a memory. Retention is the second stage of memory, after encoding and before retrieval.
- the inability or refusal of an individual to defecate or urinate. —retentive adj.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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