The Curve of Forgetting For Substance Material

Author

Leslie J. Briggs, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Education

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the method and analyze the results of an experiment on substance memory. The term "substance memory,” as used in the present study, refers to the retention of general ideas derived from meaningful reading material in which the facts presented require some generalization and abstraction of meaning on the part of the reader. This type of memory is to be contrasted with "factual," or "verbatim" memory, in which the task is to retain specific, detailed facts stated in the reading material, and with rote memory, which involves the memory for illogical, disassociated, discrete units.

Keywords

Human memory, Information retention, Learning, Mental states, Reminiscing, Communication, Thinking

Advisor

Dr. Homer B. Reed

Date of Award

Summer 1942

Document Type

Thesis

DOI

10.58809/VWWH3695

Recommended Citation

Briggs, Leslie J., "The Curve of Forgetting For Substance Material" (1942). Master's Theses. 356.
DOI: 10.58809/VWWH3695
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/356

Rights

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