1. Memory Process Power that we have to store our experiences.
Reservoir of accumulated learning.
Process
Learning : Primary condition for memory
Retention:
Preserving the material learnt in the form of mental impressions or images
Recognition
Recall

2. Types
Sensory memory:
helps the individual to recall something immediately
Short term memory (temporary)
Long term memory
Episodic and Semantic Memory
Photographic Memory
Paranormal
Rote Memory
Logical Memory
Associative Memory
Active Memory
Passive Memory

3. Factors affecting Memory
Will Power
Interest
Attention
Methods of Memorization
Practice
Rhythm
Learning Situations
Individual Differences
Senses

4. Forgetting
Munn (1967): forgetting is the loss, permanent or temporary, of the ability to recall or recognize something learned earlier. Drever: (1952): forgetting means failure at any time to recall any experience, when attempting to do so, or to perform an action previously learned. Ebbinghaus’s Curve of Forgetting (1885) Time Elapse Amount of Forgetting 20 min. 47% 1 Day 66% 2 Days 72% 6 Days 75% 31 Days 79%

5. Ebbinghaus’s Curve of Forgetting (1885)

6. Types of Forgetting Natural and Morbid or Abnormal Forgetting
General and Specific
Physical and Psychological

7. Causes of Forgetting Time Elapse Interference of Material Repression
Retroactive Inhibition
New learning works backward to impair the retention of old learning material
Proactive Inhibition
Old learning works forward to impair the retention of what is learnt afterward
Repression
Age
Disease
Accidents
Biological Malfunction of Brain and Nervous System

8. Causes of Forgetting Use of Drugs and Alcohol Stress Anxiety Conflicts
Temperament
Lack of Interest
Improper Learning
Intellect
Lack of Order