Ebbinhot's memory forgetting curve

 

Hermann abinhaosHermann Ebbinghaus 18503851.24-, German experimental psychologist, founder of experimental learning psychology, was also the earliest psychologist who used experimental methods to study advanced human mental processes.

 

Ebbinhot's research method is objective, experimental, quantifiable through careful observation and recording. His program is to put the data base above time-tested associations and learning research. He figured out that the difficulty of learning materials can be measured by the number of repetitions required for learning materials, and the calculated number of repetitions can also be used as a standard for full reproduction.

His research in the field of memory psychology mainly involves the following aspects: (1) finding out the difference between the speed of memorizing meaningless syllables and the speed of memorizing meaningful materials. The learning of meaningless materials is almost nine times more difficult than that of meaningful materials. (2) the influence of the length and quantity of materials on the number of duplicates required for full reproduction. The more materials we learn, the longer it takes. (3) Time History between learning and memories. Materials are the fastest forgotten in the first few hours after learning. With the delay of time, there will be fewer and fewer forgotten materials, that is, the famous aipinhaosi forgetting curve.

Forget curve:

First, the experimenter remembers 100 words, and then:

 

Then, according to these points, ebinhot depicts a curve, which is a very famous curve for revealing the forgetting Law: The Forgotten curve of ebinhot, in which the vertical axis indicates the number of pieces of knowledge remembered in learning, the horizontal axis represents the time (days), and the curve represents the pattern of Memory changes.

This curve tells people that forgetting in learning is regular, and the process of forgetting is fast and slow. Observe the curve and you will find that after one day, if you do not pay close attention to the review, only 25% of the original knowledge is left. With the passage of time, the forgetting speed slows down, and the amount of forgetting will decrease.

 

The above-mentioned ebbinhot memory curve is a curve generated by different memory data after a large number of tests in the laboratory. It is a common group rule. This memory curve does not consider the individual's personality characteristics, but seeks a memory pattern at the equilibrium point.

But the memory pattern can be specific to each of us. Because of our physiological characteristics and different life experiences, we may have different memory habits, memory patterns, and memory characteristics. Laws can only play a catalytic role for the actions of natural persons to transform the world. If they are consistent with the memory characteristics of each person, they will be like sailing with the water and flying with a thousand miles. If they are contrary to the characteristics of personal memory, the memory effect is compromised. Therefore, we need to find our own love Curve Based on different characteristics of each person.