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Psychology Forgetting
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- 1Define Forgettingthe inability to retrieve info that has been previously stored in memory
- 2Why is forgetting useful?useful for survival and sanity as if we did not forget the billions of pieces of info we would be overwhelmed and not be able to access the info we need fast enough. Also there are somethings in life we'd rather not remember
- 3Who was the first person to scientifically study forgettingHermann Ebbinghaus
- 4What is a nonsense syllable?a three latter combination composed of a vowel between 2 consonants used by Ebbinghaus to make forgetting curve
- 5define the forgetting curvea graph which plots the amount of forgetting that occurs over time and the rate at which it occurs. has curved downward sloping shape.
- 6when does biggest decline occurin first hour 50% of info is lost
- 7Little difference in forgetting curve between...8 hours and 30 days
- 8Does speed of learning and difficulty of learning affect rate of forgetting?no. slow learners forget as same rate as fast learners and difficult info is recalled as well as easy info
- 92 classifications of causes of forgetting-biological and psychological
- 105 widely researched causes of forgettingbrain damage, fading of memory traces, failure of retrieval cues, memories interfering with each other and motivated forgetting
- 11define organic amnesiamemory loss or forgetting due to biological factors
- 12define amnesiapartial or complete loss of memory, either permanently or temporarily,
- 132 main kinds of amnesiaanterograde and retrograde amnesia
- 14define anterograde amnesialoss of memory for experiences occurring after the amnesia causing event
- 15example of retrograde amnesia (what you don't remember)don't remember current address
- 16define epileptic seizuresa convulsion caused by electrical discharges from neurons in an area of the brain
- 17define retrograde amnesiathe loss of memory for experiences occurring before the amnesia causing event. Loss of recent episodic memories.
- 18who is likely to experience retrograde amnesiacommon to people who suffer blow to the head in a sport or car accident
- 19define infantile amnesiais our ability to remember experiences as a small child (before 2 years)
- 20Why does infantile amnesia occurFrued theorized that we forget because those memories would distress us but we forget happy memories too. might be because kids under 2 have no sense of self and cannot recognise themselves in the mirror
- 21define Alzhimers diseasea disorder characterized by the progressive degeneration of brain neurons resulting in increasingly severe deterioration of cognitive abilities, behavior and personal skills.
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