This lesson explores the nature of learning, why we forget, and strategies to enhance memory. It begins by addressing the common experience of forgetting, proposing reasons such as encoding failures (not learning the information initially due to lack of attention or distraction) and memory decay (memories fading over time)

The objectives of this lesson are as follows:

• Identify common reasons for forgetting, such as encoding failures due to lack of attention or distraction, and memory decay over time.
• Describe different types of forgetting, including absentmindedness resulting from insufficient attention during encoding, blocking where another memory interferes with retrieval (leading to the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon), and proposagnosia as the impaired ability to recognize faces.
• Understand and explain various strategies to strengthen memory, such as rehearsal through conscious repetition, incorporating visuals like note cards, chunking information into manageable parts, and connecting new information to existing knowledge.
• Recognize the importance of effective studying behaviors in aiding memory.
• Describe specific memorization techniques, including rote learning, spaced repetition, active recall, and the use of mnemonics, including the Major system for numbers.