Theories of Forgetting

According to the forgetting curve, the rate of forgetting is typically

According to decay theory of forgetting

According to the motivated theory of forgetting, memories that are forgotten

Bob has a new job. Whenever people ask him the phone number of his employer, he can only remember his OLD employer's number. This is an example of

Louisa wanted to investigate some of the work done by Ebbinghaus on the forgetting curve. In her first experiment, participants learnt a list of 13 nonsense syllables. Their memory of these items was then tested at different points in time. Louisa’s research produced results that were similar to the forgetting curves in the work by Ebbinghaus. She most likely found:

Louisa wanted to investigate some of the work done by Ebbinghaus on the forgetting curve. In her first experiment, participants learnt a list of 13 nonsense syllables. Their memory of these items was then tested at different points in time. Louisa’s research produced results that were similar to the forgetting curves in the work by Ebbinghaus.

If Louisa wanted the participants in this experiment to retain a larger number of the nonsense syllables in long-term memory, she could suggest that they

Andrew is a healthy, elderly man who has retired from his career as a professor of engineering. He has very clear memories of his childhood but finds that he occasionally forgets some of the people and technical information associated with his career. In his retirement, Andrew has enjoyed studying physics.

According to the decay theory of forgetting, Andrew’s forgetting of career-related information would most likely be
due to

According to the interference theory of forgetting, information is most likely to be forgotten when

When Ebbinghaus conducted his studies of forgetting, he used nonsense syllables rather than real words

Rohan and Lisa were studying for a Japanese examination. Lisa memorised her Japanese vocabulary over two months by associating each new word with words and topics that she had previously learnt. Rohan learnt the Japanese vocabulary during the last few days before the examination by repeating each word over and over. Lisa’s examination result was much better than Rohan’s.

It is likely that Lisa performed better than Rohan on the examination because

Rohan and Lisa were studying for a Japanese examination. Lisa memorised her Japanese vocabulary over two months by associating each new word with words and topics that she had previously learnt. Rohan learnt the Japanese vocabulary during the last few days before the examination by repeating each word over and over. Lisa’s examination result was much better than Rohan’s.


Another reason that Lisa performed better may be because her rate of forgetting the vocabulary was

Jamie, who is 26 years old, met a former primary school classmate at the pizza shop but could not remember his name.
Jamie felt sure that the man’s name started with V and that he would eventually remember it.
Jamie is experiencing:

Rohan and Lisa were studying for a Japanese examination. Lisa memorised her Japanese vocabulary over two months by associating each new word with words and topics that she had previously learnt. Rohan learnt the Japanese vocabulary during the last few days before the examination by repeating each word over and over. Lisa’s examination result was much better than Rohan’s.


Which theory of forgetting provides the best explanation for Jamie’s inability to recall his former classmate’s name?

When Susan was seven, she broke her arm and experienced extreme pain. As an adult, Susan tried to forget this traumatic
incident.
According to Freud, the type of forgetting experienced by Susan is an example of

When phoning her sister at work Olivia asks the receptionist for her sister by her original surname, rather than
her married surname, which Olivia’s sister now uses.
According to the interference theory of forgetting this is an example of

Which theory explains that forgetting is a result of a fading memory trace?

Proactive interference is the term used when

Fred suffered a stroke.
The forgetting caused by Fred’s stroke is an example of

Jenny had a brain injury two years ago. She now finds that although she remembers and recognises her old friends, she cannot remember people she has met since the injury.
She is most likely suffering from

Matilda is 75 years of age. She is fit and healthy and is not suffering from brain disease or injury.
Over the last few years, Matilda has most likely