Forgetting

Forgetting Have you ever wondered why you just can’t remember that word that is on the tip of your tongue' Or have you ever moved to a new house, but you just can’t get your old address out of your head' There are many explanations about why we forget information. The explanations are not all concrete, but they are a good start in understanding the human memory and the way it works. One of reasons for forgetting can be explained by the theory of Motivated Forgetting. This theory suggests that memories disturb a person in such a way that they subconsciously repress them. Repression is seen as the brain permanently, or in some cases temporarily severing links to memories. This can be seen in adults who have been sexually abused as children, also with people who experience posttraumatic stress syndrome. The only major downfall of this theory is that it still is not understood very well. Another theory of forgetting is known as the Decay Theory. The Decay Theory associates forgetting over a period of time. It also suggests that the physical structure, which encodes the memory, is easily disturbed and that information presented to the memory initially has very weak patterns, theory, memories, forgetting, memory, new, interference, old, theories, seem, out, decay, within, time, retroactive, retrieval, remember, period, one, information, explanations, experiments, different, can’t, about, ability, whether, way, very, types, tongue, tip, suggests, story, shown, seen, ruled