My biology teacher has his little catch phrase "you forget 50% in 7 seconds" in order to get us to remember things faster. This is how I have perceived it, but is it really true? He says he learned it while he was in college but he doesn't seem too smart of a fellow so he might just be tricking us.
2007-01-21 13:17:55 · 18 answers · asked by seaking 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
May be is true, but I'm sure that I may forget something, but knowing me for sure I haven't forgiven.
2007-01-21 13:21:28 · answer #1 · answered by Javy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you forget quite a bit, I don't know the exact percentage and I might even guess higher then 50%, but this is not a bad thing most of the time. At any given moment you are bombarded by a ton of information that you really don't have to remember, and it would just get in the way of things you need to remember. Like do you feel hot or cold, a smell in the room, what your teacher is saying, ... As a matter of fact to retain what your teacher wants you to retain you have to purposely ignore other things.
2007-01-21 17:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bulk O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but 50% (or more!) probably isn't worth remembering! I find it easy to remember the things that are important or relevant to my life.
When I was in school, I had to write down a lot of stuff so I could pass the test if the teacher wasn't very good. The better teachers presented things in such a way that I "learned" it immediately upon hearing it--- it made connections. With them, I didn't have to memorize meaningless things for a test-- things that I now no longer remember.
So his little catch phrase says more about his teaching methods, than about his students.
2007-01-21 13:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Rani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's probably referring to how long you have to move it from short-term memory to long-term memory. Anything that doesn't make it is pretty much gone. Though the span of time is debated, it's generally accepted to be less than 30 seconds. He might be confusing this with the theory that humans can only memorize/sort/store seven distinct items (plus or minus two). This number comes into play in things such as interface design.
2007-01-21 13:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think he means when your writing down notes about what he's saying to just jot them down quickly. when i write notes down and theres a lot of info that the teacher's saying, i have to stop what im writing and writing little key words about things that the teachers saying, or i'll forget.. probably in 7 seconds lol
2007-01-21 13:24:50 · answer #5 · answered by 19 year old girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope to in 14 seconds from now to totally forget your question.
2007-01-25 11:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by pnn177 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have left my house to go to the store ,which is three blocks away and forgot what I went there for.
My kids say I suffer from alzeimers,I say I can forget something before your done telling me.:)
2007-01-21 16:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by Rainy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its true, unless you think of a particular incident over and over for more than 7 seconds, it will not reach the memory blog of your brain (left)
2007-01-21 13:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
took me more than 7 seconds to answer this what was the question?
2007-01-21 13:20:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can forget a lot in a little... wait what where am I? What is this thing I'm pressing buttons on? Who am I?!?!?!
2007-01-21 13:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋