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Why We Forget After StudiesAdded on:7/3/2008 8:49:06 PM
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- Negative self-concept: we think of ourselves forgetting things.
We have not learned the material well.
If something is to be retained, it must be correctly, clearly and forcibly impressed on the mind.
We must give it the necessary attention and interest. Self-questioning and spaced or periodic reviews are essential.
- Psychological reasons: defensive forgetting
Generally, unpleasant things are remembered better than pleasant things (especially by pessimists) and both pleasant and unpleasant things are remembered better than materials we are indifferent to.
- Disuse: Memories fade away rapidly when not reviewed or used. The curve of forgetting is like a playground slide; we forget most immediately after we learn -in the first 24 hours; then it proceeds slowly. Motor learning seems to be better retained than verbal learning because a motor act has to be completely done to be done at all and so requires a higher degree of organization and competency which involves over-learning.
- Interference: Forgetting was formerly thought to be mainly the result of disuse, but now it is believed that disuse may be a less important factor than interference due to emotional problems, anxieties, distractions, intense concentration on something else, and intellectual interference.
- Forgetting caused by later learning is called retroactive inhibition. There is more interference between two similar subjects than between two unlike subjects. (Follow study of history with chemistry rather than English history or literature. )
- When previous learning interferes with subsequent learning, this is called proactive inhibition. (An old poem interferes with a new poem-the more familiar the subject, the more interference.Blocking is another kind of interference. It occurs when one wishes to recall some quite well-known information but cannot do so, such as names. Relax and try association.
- Changed Cues: You may have all the information you need stored away in your mind somewhere but be unable to get at it if the right cue is missing. Recall what happens on tests. You studied the material one way, the test question was presented in another (cues were changed). If you learn material with too great dependence upon the phraseology of the textbook, you may be at a loss to remember some of the material if you cannot recall the exact wording of the text
- Lack of Attention and Effort: The art of memory is the art of attention-attending to the material WHOLLY. Moreover, there must be effort to remember.
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