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Remembering and Forgetting

In our life as human beings can not be separated from the process of remembering and forgetting. Plus our position as human beings who mention we are wrong place and forget. Then what is the meaning of forgetting, what causes us to forget, is forgetting the same amnesia as we receive from people's words? And what makes it easier for us to remember?

Forgot is our failure in encoding when we process, recall, and display information in the brain. Basically our forgetfulness is the lack or absence of attention to the information we receive. An information we receive when we give attention to that information will not be encoded in sensory memory, so that is what makes us forget. Or when the reception of information we notice and can be encoded in the sensory memory but we do not focus in encode in our STM so that our brain can not call again the information we receive and display it again.

Forget or remember is an activity that involves brain activity, especially memory. There are several factors that cause a person to forget about an object that has been remembered. According to Solso (1988), it is a failure to dig or recall information that has been stored in memory or memory. Here are the theories of forgetfulness:

·         Failure to encode refers to the failure to insert the material into LTM (long-term memory). This is because the information learned does not really enter our memory and also because of stress.

·         Consolidation failure is memory loss due to organic faults that occur during memory trace formation.

·         Decay theory means the waning of memory over time or the rarely used memory.

·         Interference theory is a mixture of similar memories.

·         Retroactive interference (retroactive interference) occurs when new memory blocks old memory memories.

·         Retrieval failure is the inability to find the memory cue required in the memory.

Then what is meaning of remembering? Remembering is calling back information ever stored in our memory. Did you know, there are some unique methods for remembering a material and this is called the Mnemonic technique). Here is a Mnemonic technique:

·         The Loci method is a method that associates objects with specific places.

·         The word dependent system (Peg word system) is a series of words that serve as "hangers" to "hang" the memorized items.

The two sentences above are examples of word system pegs where there are rhymes in common.

·         The keyword method (key word method) is usually useful in the effort to learn a foreign language.

·         Verbal techniques

·         An acronym is a word formed based on the first letters in a phrase or set of words. An example of SD is an acronym from Elementary School.

·         The acrostic is a phrase or sentence in which the first letters are associated with words to remember. Example is an acrostic of the colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.

·         Remembering name

The use of mnemonic techniques can improve a person's particular knowledge base, but knowledge organization remains a vital element.

While Lorayne and Lucas (1974) found that the process of studying a name associated with memory of the face involves three stages:

·         The initial stage, paying attention to the details of the pronunciation of the name.

·         The second stage involves searching for the prominent characteristics of the person's face such as a thick mustache, broad forehead, large pug nose, and so on.

·         The final stage, involving the act of connecting the surrogate word with these prominent characteristics.