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ELEMENTARY
PSYCHOLOGY
“FORGETTIN
G”
 FORGETTI
NG
“The apparent loss or modification of information
already encoded and stored in an individual's long-
term memory”
WHY?
*We tend to forget disturbing memories
*Unconsciousness

IMPLICATIO
NS
*Filters out unnecessary memories
*Permits us to form fresh and general impressions &
recollections
HERMANN
EBBINGHAUS
German Psychologist
 WHY DO WE FORGET ?

INTERFERENC
FAILURE OF
E CUE-
ENCODING
DEPENDENT
1 DECAY 3 FORGETTING

2 4
FAILURE OF
ENCODING DECAY INTERFERE CDF
3 4
NCE

1 2
NOT PAYING LOSS OF DISRUPTION INSUFFICIEN
ATTENTION INFO. IN CY OF
TO THROUGH RECALLING RETRIEVAL
MATERIAL NON-USE OTHER CUES TO
INFORMATIO REKINDLE
N INFO.
THEORIES OF FORGETTING

TRACE DECAY INHIBITION OR REPRESSION

INTERFERENCE
If learnt process not Numerous memory Defensive mechanism,
used for long time, traces form through Pushing bad memories
traces fade and lapse learning and at times into unconsciousness
of time leads to overlap leading to
forgetting forgetting
 PROACTIVE & RETROACTIVE
INTERFERENCE

01 PROACTIVE 02 RETROACTIVE
INTERFERENCE
INTERFERENCE difficulty in the recall of information
information learned earlier disrupts learned earlier because of later
the recall of newer material exposure to different material
 MEMORY DYSFUNCTIONS
01 ALZHEIMER’S
DISEASEdegenerative and fatal
progressive,
brain disease, in which cell to cell
connections in the brain are lost
02 AMNESIA
abnormal mental state in which memory
and learning are affected out of all
proportion to other cognitive functions
in an otherwise alert and responsive
patient
 DEALING WITH
FORGETTING
RELY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE & REHEARSE
CUES

DO NOT BELIEVE IN CLAIMS

USE THE KEYWORD TAKE EFFECTIVE NOTES REGARDING DRUGS IMPROVIN
TECHNIQUE MEMORY
THANK
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