I believe that learning does depend on
memory. If we haven’t memorized the activity, information, process or
experience then we haven’t really learned. I think that we if “know” something
and do not act upon it then we haven’t really learned it. A concrete example is
when children are taught the color blue. The child might be able to point to
the circle and say blue after you’ve shown them. But the next day, when you ask the child to
find a blue object and they cannot, it’s because they haven’t really learned
the color.
Sometimes people need to be reminded of
things, and although he or she has “misplaced” that knowledge, the information
is stored in their memory and he or she still understands the concepts. Again,
I’ll use the example with the color blue. If the child can’t show you a blue
object but you remind them that they see something blue every day. The child
might remember that the sky is blue. Then, the child can connect their
understanding of the color blue to locate a blue object.
I think we remember things that we wish to
forget because these things are seared into our minds and connected to bad experiences
or deep feelings. Since feelings are senses it’s easy to recall the bad
memories every time we are reminded by a song, a scent or a picture.
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