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Forgetting

Forgetting can occur as the result of many different types of actions (e.g., you may not have the correct cue for retrieval, interference of other stimulus, time deterioration, not processing information into long-term memory, etc.).

However, there are some individuals that would argue that forgetting is an intentional act and that in order to forget something one must make a conscious effort to do so. Do you support this reasoning? Why or why not?

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Discusses memory and whether intentional forgetting should be possible.

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We can start thinking about this question by thinking about what happens when we form a memory of something. Some bit of information comes into our sensory system. Imagine that it's a new term that you're seeing and hearing in a lecture. As long as you are paying attention when you are exposed to that new term, it will move beyond your sensory system into your memory system. Then, if you think about the new term, it will be transferred to long-term memory store. Now you have a memory of that word. Your memory for it includes a lot of information: how it sounds (auditory information), how to spell it (visual ...

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