1. S.RAJENDRAN
ENGLISH

2. FORGETTING
Meaning:
Forgetting and remembering are the two sides of the
same coin.
we can forget the incorrect responses when we
acquire the correct once.

3. Definition
 Forgeting is the loss of the ability to recall or
recoganise some thing learned earlier.
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4. Theories of forgetting
forgetting
Decaying
/
distortion
disuse
Change
in
memory
trace
Inadequate
time for
consolidatio
n
blocking
Interference
between
materials
learnt
Excited
emotion

5. Theory of decay or disuse:
Forgetting occurs because of decay of memory
traces with the passage of time
Theory of interference:
Happenings between learning and recall may
cause forgetting.

6. Pro active
inhibition
Material learnt earlier may
interfere with the recall of
material leant later
Underwood and Asubel said
more the similarity between
old and new learning greater
the interference.
It is greater if the new
materials are not easly
subsumable under earlier
leaned system
Retro-active
inhibition
Learning of a material and
our attempt to recall it,
interfere with the retantion
of the material

7. Trace change theory
Once memory of what has seen tends to change
in specific ways (closure, good figure and symmetry).
Trace laid down by an original experience
becomes a more perfect and better balanced figure
there by losing some of its quality

8. Retrieval failure theory
 At times we cannot recall the name of a friend whom
we know well. But when conditions are different the
information comes back spontaneously (tip of the
tongue).
Emotional disturbances:
due to fear, anxiety, self consciousness, stage
fright, ect paralyse recall.

9. Motivated forgetting
 Unhappy incidence are more quickly forgotten than
that those which cause happiness.
 Sigmund freud said that we forget what we want to
forget.

10. Consolidation theory
 If the newly formed traces are disturbed and no time
given for consolidation the will be wiped out.
Retrograde amnesia or backward forgetting supports the
consolidation theory.

11. Ebbinghaus experiment and curve
of forgetting
 It is a quantitative study of the lose of retention after
laps of time.
 It various from types of material.
 Forgetting curve suggests that forgetting is never
complete and total.

12. Educational implication
Revision:
forgetting is a rapid phenomena and hence revision
are taken up frequently to maintain the retention
Effective teaching:
effecting teaching is maintained for effective learning
for promotion retention.

13. Study habits:
should be regular and proper.
should not be distracted.
Hurried teaching:
should be avoided.
we tend to forget the materials leant.
concentration is essential

14. Useful:
should be made to understand what is being taught.
will motivate the students to remembering capacity.
Memory aids:
mnemonics can be used.

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