Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 1
VIDYASAGAR TEACHERS’ TRAINING COLLEGEMIDNAPORE
Half – 1st
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 2
FORGETTING:
• MEANING:-
The term forgetting has several meanings: -i. The information was never stored – problem of availability.ii. The information was stored, but is difficult to retrieve – problem of
accessibility (tip-of-the-tongue).iii. Confusion – problem of interference.iv. Absentmindedness – problem of habit, attention, and automatic
responses.v. Generally, forgetting is the inability to recall or recognize material which
was previously stored in memory.
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 3
According to Munn (1967) “Forgetting is the loss,
temporary or Permanent, of the ability to recall or
recognize something learnt earlier.”
According to Drever (1952)“Forgetting means failure
at any time to recall an experience, when attempting
to do so, or to perform an action previously learnt .
• DEFINITIONS:-
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 4
• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FORGETTING:-
Some people may believe that forgetting has more disadvantages than advantages, but forgetting isadaptive and necessary so that learning can occur. If we remembered everything, we would havean information overload; therefore, we only remember the most important information. Althoughwe remember tragedies, the emotions that are associated with those tragedies are forgotten orweakened over time. This way when we remember a tragic event, we may still experience sadness,but the emotions are not as powerful and overwhelming as they were when the even occurred.People with Source Autobiographical memory remember everything that has happened to themand also experience the specific emotions as if the tragic events were happening again. Imagineyou are having an extremely bad day when all of a sudden someone calls you and tells you that youjust won a free trip to Hawaii. Your excitement might cause you to forget about the things thatwent wrong earlier that day. In this case, forgetting would be an advantage. The disadvantages offorgetting are more obvious. The ability to forget may seem to be a terrible thing if you forgetinformation you need in order to do well on a test. Another disadvantage of forgetting is if youforget someone’s name five minutes after you meet them. Also, if your perspective memory failsyou, you may miss a deadline for an application or essay.
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 5
• CAUSES OF FORGETTING:-
Scarcity of Repeated Practices
Retroactive Inhibition
Shock Amnesia
Repression
Want of Proper Association and Suggestive Forces
Change of Environment
Emotional Blocking
Deficiency of Attention and Interest
Illness of Body and Brain
Want of Verbal Association
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 6
• SIGNS OR MARKS OF GOOD MEMORY:-
When a person can remember more of a learnt material than others he is said tohave a good memory. Good memory has certain characteristics. They are:-When a person can easily and rapidly learn a material it definitely shows a good memoryas he is relating it to a material learnt earlier. Half learned material cannot be retained orreproduced properly in the mind.
An individual with good memory means that he can retain the maximum amountof learnt material in his mind.
Another sign of good memory is easy recall. The capacity to bring forth the imageor language for use in the present situation, or in other words, easy reproduction of alearnt material to achieve a purpose is a mark of good memory.
Clear and quick recognition is a sure sign of good memory.Utility or service ability is a sign of good memory. Remembering the past
situations and also trying to forget the irrelevant things point towards good memory.
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 7
• MEMORY AND TEACHER’S ROLE:-
Meaningful learning
Using teaching aids
According to age,
intelligence and
experience
Organizing by order
Related to real life
situation
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 8
https://www.slideshare.net/rossbiology/2-forgetting-presentation
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p1fo13/Some-people-may-believe-that-forgetting-has-more-
disadvantages-than-advantages/
http://kkhsou.in/main/education/memory.html
Sarkar. B. (2016). LEARNING AND TEACHING, Aheli Publishers, pp. 35-40
Roy. S. (2007-08). EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, Soma Book Agency, pp. 453-458
Mangal. S.K. (2017). ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, PHI Learning Private Limited, pp. 271-275
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 9
Why do we forget? What are the different causes of forgetting? Analyze memory. Bring out the factors which influence
forgetting.
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 10
10-04-2020 DR. SWAPNA NANDI 11
