![]() ![]() Similarly, it has been well documented that distraction during learning impairs later memory (e.g., Craik, Govoni, Naveh-Benjamin, & Anderson, 1996). However, few of us have studied the features of a penny in great detail, and since we have not attended to those details, we fail to recognize them later. For example, people have a lot of trouble recognizing an actual penny out of a set of drawings of very similar pennies, or lures, even though most of us have had a lifetime of experience handling pennies ( Nickerson & Adams, 1979). Usually, encoding failures occur because we are distracted or are not paying attention to specific details. If you fail to encode information into memory, you are not going to remember it later on. One very common and obvious reason why you cannot remember a piece of information is because you did not learn it in the first place. But as we explore this module, you’ll learn that forgetting is important and necessary for everyday functionality. Why do we forget? And is forgetting always a bad thing? Forgetting can often be obnoxious or even embarrassing. Clearly, forgetting seems to be a natural part of life. Oftentimes, the bit of information we are searching for comes back to us, but sometimes it does not. Maybe you forgot to call your aunt on her birthday or you routinely forget where you put your cell phone. You may have had trouble remembering the definition of a key term on an exam or found yourself unable to recall the name of an actor from one of your favorite TV shows.
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