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"In order to prevent forgetting, it is important to consider why it occurs".
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"In order to prevent forgetting, it is important to consider why it occurs" The concept of forgetting suggests that something has disappeared from memory - it is not available. Or it could that memory is simply mislaid - it is not accessible. Availability Accessibility Concerns STM Concerns STM and LTM only Interference Theory It is assumed that one set of learning in some way interferes with another set and wipes out the memory. Proactive interference is when previous learning interferes with later learning (Past experience interferes with current recall). Retroactive interference is when later learning disrupts memory for earlier learning. (Successive experience interferes with recall of material learned earlier). A study that proves this is the Jenkins and Dallenbach (1924) study. They asked two students to recall nonsense syllables at intervals between one and eight hours. The students were either awake or asleep during the withholding interval. If the theory was...
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