Forget Something?
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Everyone experiences loss of memory from
time to time.
Your sure you have seen her but you just
cant place her……
Who is that girl???
Some faces we could never forget
You have the word on the tip of your
tongue but…….
You just cant remember!!
When info that once entered long term
memory cannot be retrieved it is said to be
forgotten.
Some Inputs may fade away or decay, over
time.
In Sensory and Short Term Memory items
quickly decay…..But
We are still not sure if Long Term memory
ever decays…
We know that a blow to the head can
cause memory loss…
We know that the memories lost are the most
recent ones however, the older memories
seem to remain.
The fact that apparently forgotten information can
be recovered through meditation , hypnosis, or
brain stimulation suggests at least some
memories never decay.
Rather, Interference or repression causes
people to lose track of them.
Interference
Interference refers to a memory being
blocked or erased by previous or
subsequent memories.
Proactive interference- When an earlier
memory does the blocking
Retroactive interference- When a later
memory does the blocking
EXAMPLE
You move into a new home get a new address and phone
#
You have trouble remembering them because the
memory of the old Address and Phone # get in the way
(proactive)
Later, you know the info but have difficulty remembering
the old data. (retroactive interference)
According to Sigmund
Freud……
Sometimes clocking is no accident.
A person may subconsciously block
memories of an embarrassing or
frightening experience.
This kind of forgetting is called …..
Repression
The Material still exists in the persons
memory but it has been made
inaccessible because it is so disturbing.
Hmmmm???