PPT-Explanations of forgetting

interference In pairs write a definition On mini white boards and then explain it to your partner one does a and the other b A Interference theory B Retrieval failure A Proactive interference. Lesson 5. Biological and Psychological Explanations Lesson Overview. Biological Explanations. Nineteenth Century Views. Psychological Explanations. Evaluation of Psychological Explanations. Biological Explanations. Narrative forgetting and bin Laden’s death. Lee Jarvis (Swansea) and Jack Holland (Surrey). Overview. 3 aspects in the narration of bin Laden’s killing:. The operation: success and desirability. Bin Laden: the man and his life. Quick aside: . -the first few lectures have been a bit “atypical” (setting stage). -soon we will get to the “content”. -talks will use game theory to address puzzles. -. homeworks. and discussions will begin. DISORDERS OF SLEEP. Insomnia. Sleepwalking. Narcolepsy. Syllabus. Biological Rhythms. • Circadian, infradian, and ultradian rhthyms, including the role of endogenous. pacemakers and of exogenous zeitgebers in the control of circadian rhythms. Boris . Glavic. Illinois Institute of Technology. Sean Riddle. Athenahealth. Corporation. Sven . Köhler. University of California Davis. Bertram . Ludäscher. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Anorexia Nervosa. Unit PSYA3. AQA A Specification.  . Eating behaviour. Factors influencing attitudes to food and eating behaviour. For example: cultural influences; psychological influences (mood); and social influences (health concerns/media). . Explanations for Forgetting. Interference. An explanation for forgetting in terms of one memory disrupting the ability to recall another. This is most likely to occur when the two memories have some similarities. Forgetting. Inability to retrieve information, due to poor encoding, storage or retrieval.. WHY DO I HAVE THIS STRING ON MY FINGER?!?!. I can’t remember, but it must be something important…. Encoding Failure. 3 marks. Answer 1: . OCD has three components. The behavioural component is having compulsions which the sufferer tries to avoid. The emotional component is accompanying anxiety and distress. The cognitive component is the obsessive thoughts that give rise to obsessions.. Why do we forget??. Three . main reasons. :. Encoding . Failure. Storage Failure. Retrieval Failure. 2. Amnesia. Retrograde Amnesia: . The loss of information preceding a specific event in time or the onset of brain damage.. Memory Agree or Disagree? “To constantly remember everything all the time, would probably be worse than remembering nothing at all.” William James (c1890) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeEQ85m79I THREE MEMORY PROCESSES. Encoding. . – making a mental representation to be placed into . memory . (meaningful association). Storing. – placing encoded information into permanent storage. Retrieving. Explain what is meant by trace decay, displacement, . interference, . retrieval theory and motivated forgetting . Evaluate these explanations.. Start. Why do people forget? Write down your ideas.. The . Hermann . Ebbinghaus. tested memory. Created . Forgetting Curve. : graphs retention and forgetting over time. Showed steep drop in retention within hours of learning. EBBINGHAUS’S FORGETTING CURVE.