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Forgetting and Memory Improvement

Learn about the difference between recognition and recall in memory improvement, understand types of amnesia, and discover mnemonic devices to boost your memory recall abilities. Explore Harry Bahrick's research on memory retention.

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Forgetting and Memory Improvement

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  1. Forgetting and Memory Improvement

  2. Recognition vs. Recall • Recognition: identifying objects or events that have been encountered before (multiple choice test) • Recall: bringing it back to your conscious mind (essay test) • Harry Bahrick: the ability to recognize familiar faces remains strong & lasting

  3. Amnesia • Severe memory loss caused by brain injuries, shock, fatigue, illness or repression • Dissociative Amnesia: caused by severe psychological trauma • Infantile Amnesia: inability to remember events that occurred during one’s early years (before age 3)

  4. Amnesia • Anterograde Amnesia: inability to form new memories because of a brain trauma • Retrograde Amnesia: the failure to remember events that occurred prior to physical trauma

  5. Mnemonic Devices • Improves memory • associate with peg words — something already stored • make up a story • chunk — acronyms • ROYGBIV • Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally • 30 Days Has September, April, June & November

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