6.10-6.11 forgetting

Question 1

Raven has just finished learning a list of nonsense words given to her by her psychology instructor as part of a class activity. She had 100 percent recall at the end of class. According to Ebbinghaus’s curve of forgetting, how quickly will Raven likely forget about 40 percent of the information she has just learned?

Answer 1

within the first 20 mins. after leaving the class

Question 2

Collin is asked to repeat what his mother just told him. He says he “forgot,” but in reality Collin wasn’t paying attention to his mother at all. This is an example of the __________ explanation of forgetting.

Answer 2

encoding failure

Question 3

Shantel spent a year living abroad in Spain. During that time, her ability to read and speak Spanish grew tremendously. However, now, 2 years later, Shantel feels she can no longer travel there because she can barely remember a thing. Her problem is most likely due to __________.

Answer 3

decay theory

Question 4

Noland bought a fancy new smartphone. It was a different brand of phone than his old phone, so he spent quite a few frustrating hours learning to use the new one. The problem was that he kept trying to tap icons on the new phone in the places they had been on his old phone. Noland’s problem was most likely due to __________.

Answer 4

proactive interference