psychological reasons behind why we forget things

1. PRESENTATION BY AYESHA NOOR
FORGETTING IN PSYCHOLOGY

2. WELCOME
Fun fact: Being able to access information
quickly (i.e. on the Internet) makes you less likely
to remember it

3. FORGETTING
Causes and Reasons

4. Definition
 It’s the inability to recall or
retrieve previously learned
information.

5. Information may never be encoded in the long term
memory.
Encoding Failure
Short term
memory
Long term
memory
Encoding
Encoding failure leads to forgetting.
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6. Retrieval Failure
Short term memory
Short term
memory
Encoding
xxx
Retrieval
Retrieval failure
Long term
memory

7. Transience/ Decay or fading
The Decay theory suggests that when something new is
learned, a memory “trace” is formed in the brain and over
time the trace begins to fade and disappear, unless it is
occasionally used.With this theory, if information is not
occasionally retrieved, it will eventually be lost.

8. By Ayesha Noor
Thankyou