Forget Something?

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Forget Something?
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• Everyone experiences loss of memory from time to
  time.

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• Your sure you have seen her but you just cant
  place her
• Who is that girl???

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• Some faces we could never forget

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• You have the word on the tip of your tongue
  but.
• You just cant remember!!

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• When info that once entered long term
• memory cannot be retrieved it is said to be
• forgotten.

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• 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

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• We know that a blow to the head can cause memory
  loss

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• 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.

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• Rather, Interference or repression causes
  people to lose track of them.

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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

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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)

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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 ..

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Repression

• The Material still exists in the persons memory
  but it has been made inaccessible because it is
  so disturbing.

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Hmmmm???