THEORIES OF FORGETTING

• Interference Theory


  -       conflict among information learned earlier or later
• Decay Theory


  -       lapse of time
• Retrieval-Based Forgetting

  -       cue dependent forgetting
• Storage-Based Forgetting


  -       distortion of learned information in the long term memory
• Motivated Forgetting


  -       form of suppression, purposeful or voluntary process

  -       conscious forgetting