TITLE

Here’s Why You Forget Names Immediately

DESCRIPTION

This is a “fun” and interesting article.   Many of us when meeting new people and being introduced forget their names almost immediately.  This may be especially true when meeting several at once.  The article discusses both the mechanisms of memory and forgetting.  Sometimes we don’t do “the work” (old term is memorizing) to get the name into our long term memory and at other times, the mechanisms related to forgetting are at work.  The article ends with some tips on how to better remember and overcome this problem.

SOURCE

Time, July 26, 2018, by Jamie Ducharme

LINK TO RESOURCE

http://time.com/5348486/why-do-you-forget-names/

(Tiny URL) http://tinyurl.com/y83nb2me

CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•What is memory?  What are the types of memory?

•According to the article, why do we remember some names but not others?

•How is the mechanism of forgetting involved in this phenomenon?

•What are some tips to better remember?