INTRO- Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual’s short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. According to Munn (1967) – Forgetting is the loss , permanent or temporary, of the ability to recall or recognize something learned 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 learned . It is classified as ..... Natural Forgetting 2. Morbid Forgetting ( Abnormal ) General Forgetting Specific Forgetting Other classification – Physical Forgetting 2. Psychological Forgetting . Natural Forgetting – Forgetting occurs with the lapse of time in a quite normal way without any intention of forgetting on the part of the individual. . Morbid Forgetting – Person deliberately tries to forget something .( Repression ) it also divided into 2 types . ) General Forgetting – One suffer a total loss in one’s recalling some previous learning . B) Specific Forgetting – The individual forgets only one or the other specific part of his earlier learning. Other Classification - . Physical Forgetting – In physical forgetting one loses his memory on account of the factors of age, disease, biological malfunctioning of the brain and nervous system, accident, consumption of liquor or other intoxication materials etc. . Psychological Forgetting – In psychological forgetting one loses his memory on account of factors like stress, anxiety, conflict,lack of interest , apathy and other emotional and psychic difficulties. The causes of forgetting........ Inadequate impression at the time of learning. Lapse of time. Interference of association. Rise of emotions. Poor health and defective mental state . Inadequate Repetition or practice of learning material. Other factors. Inadequate impression at the time of learning – Inadequate or improper learning is likely to be forgotten. Intention or will is the most important factor in remembering a things. Lapse of time – Time is said to be great healing factor.what is learned or experienced is forgotten with the lapse of time. Interference of association – We forget something because what we have learned previously interference with the remembering of what we learned afterwards.we also forget because we tend to learn new things all the time and new learning . Rise of Emotions – Emotion play a key role in learning as well as in forgetting. Sudden rise of emotion in excess block the process of the recall . 5. Poor health and defective mental state – Deterioration in health makes an individual less confident and he remains under the state of tension and this is in unable to concentrate upon a thing at a particular time . People heaving a lower iIQ or suffering from mental defects have been generally found to be very poor in retention .....

1. Ms. Pooja Sen
Nursing Tutor

3. Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent
loss or modification of information already
encoded and stored in an individual’s short or
long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual
process in which old memories are unable to be
recalled from memory storage.

5. According to Munn (1967) –
Forgetting is the loss , permanent or temporary, of the
ability to recall or recognize something learned
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 learned .

6. Types of

7. 1.Natural Forgetting
2. Morbid Forgetting (
Abnormal )
a.General Forgetting
b.Specific Forgetting
It is classified as .....
Other classification
–
1.Physical
Forgetting
2. Psychological
Forgetting

8. 1. Natural Forgetting – Forgetting occurs with the
lapse of time in a quite normal way without any
intention of forgetting on the part of the individual.
2. Morbid Forgetting – Person deliberately tries to
forget something .( Repression ) it also divided into 2
types .

9. A) General Forgetting – One suffer a total loss in
one’s recalling some previous learning .
B) Specific Forgetting – The individual forgets
only one or the other specific part of his earlier
learning.

10. OTHER
CLASSIFICATION
1. Physical Forgetting – In physical forgetting one loses his
memory on account of the factors of age, disease, biological
malfunctioning of the brain and nervous system, accident,
consumption of liquor or other intoxication materials etc.
2. Psychological Forgetting – In psychological forgetting one
loses his memory on account of factors like stress, anxiety,
conflict,lack of interest , apathy and other emotional and
psychic difficulties.

12. The causes of forgetting........
1. Inadequate impression at the time of learning.
2. Lapse of time.
3. Interference of association.
4. Rise of emotions.
5. Poor health and defective mental state .
6. Inadequate Repetition or practice of learning
material.
7. Other factors.

13. 1. Inadequate impression at the time of learning – Inadequate
or improper learning is likely to be forgotten. Intention or
will is the most important factor in remembering a things.
2. Lapse of time – Time is said to be great healing factor.what
is learned or experienced is forgotten with the lapse of time.
3. Interference of association – We forget something because
what we have learned previously interference with the
remembering of what we learned afterwards.we also forget
because we tend to learn new things all the time and new
learning .

14. 4. Rise of Emotions – Emotion play a key role in learning as
well as in forgetting. Sudden rise of emotion in excess block
the process of the recall .
5. Poor health and defective mental state – Deterioration in
health makes an individual less confident and he remains
under the state of tension and this is in unable to concentrate
upon a thing at a particular time . People heaving a lower iIQ
or suffering from mental defects have been generally found to
be very poor in retention and recall. In some cases a brain
injury may also become a sole cause for the loss of memory .

15. 6. Inadequate repetition or practice of learning material – We
forget facts which we do not subsequently make use of. We
forget because of inadequate repetition or practice of learning
material .
7. Other Factors – Other factors including fatigue ,long
illness , distraction,lack of interest and purpose ,lack of
wiIlingness or intention to learn , unfavorable condition or
situation to learn .these factors make the material easily slip
out of the mind .