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THEORIES OF FORGETTING
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FORGETTING
Definition:
According to Munn (1967) Forgetting is the loss, temporary or
Permanent, of the ability to recall or recognize something learnt
Earlier.
According to Drever (1952) Forgetting means failure at any
time To recall an experience, when attempting to do so, or to
perform an Action previously learnt .
Types of Forgetting
NATURAL FORGETTING
MORBID or ABNORMAL FORGETTING
GENERAL FORGETTING
SPECIFIC FORGETTING
PHYSICAL FORGETTING
PSYCHOLOGICAL FORGETTING
THEORIES OF FORGETTING
INTERFERENCE THEORY
Retroactive
Interference: new
information blocks out old
information.
Proactive Interference:
old information blocks out
new information.
Getting a new
bus number
and forgetting
old bus number.
THEORIES OF FORGETTING
THEORIES OF FORGETTING
Freud:
The
CONCLUSIONS OF DECAY
CONCLUSIONS ON FORGETTING