ABSTRACT
341Most people (including you?) find their memory for some things is very good but are very poor at remembering other things. Why do you think this is? How many different types of memory do you think we have? As we have discovered to our cost, it is very common to forget information (even important information). What are the main reasons that forgetting occurs?
It is really important for eyewitnesses to a crime to remember the details of what happened. However, their memories of the crime are often limited and inaccurate. Why is it that eyewitness testimony tends to be so poor?
