Although we have long- term memory we still tend to forget things from the past. Here are some theories why people tend to forget and secondly, what do researchers suggest about the accuracy and permanence of long-term memory. One of the first scientists to experiment the theory of forgetting is a British psychologist named Sir Frederic Bartlett. Bartlett proved that people tend to forget things if they hear something rather then reading it. He asked some people to read a story and then question them on it they read the story and they left out important topics in the story. Sometimes people te...

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