Trace Decay
Trace Decay
Theories of Forgetting
- Created by: Jenny
- Created on: 08-05-14 22:05
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- Trace Decay
- explanation of why we forget
- suggests that learning causes a physical change in the neural network of the memory system - creating a memory trace/ engram
- once the memory trace is created it must be reinforced by practice or it will weaken and decay = forgetting
- forgetting as a problem of availability
- inevitable in the short term memory due to limited duration. Requires significant structural change in long-term memory
- weakness
- impossible to prove
- doesn't explain recall after many years
- strengths
- explains forgetting
- Theories of Forgetting
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