Types of Action Slips

Adapted from Norman, D. A. (1981). Categorization of action slips. Psychological Review, 88, 1-15. Copyright 1981 by the American Psychological Association.

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Capture error
A well-practiced, but unintended, action takes over when it shares initial sequence elements with a more unfamiliar action.
Data-driven error
External events cause the (inappropriate) activation of a schema and force some type of unwanted behavior.
Associative activation error
The intention to do or say something activates a strongly related but inappropriate schema.
Loss-of-activation error
The error lies in forgetting an intention to do something or remembering the intention but forgetting what to do.
Description error
The desired action is carried out but with the wrong object.