Remembering things - What is Relearning?
What is Relearning
Over the past weeks we have been looking at the three types of remembering.
We looked at recall which is what we usually think of when we think of remembering. This involves searching our memory and then using it. We use this in short-answer or essay exams.
We looked at recognition which involved being prompted by something to help us remember such as in a multiple choice exam.
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The last type we will look at is relearning.
Relearning is one of the simplest forms of remembering.
Did you play a musical instrument as a kid? Perhaps you learned a second language?
When we don’t use these skills for a long time, we slowly become rusty.
You could play the piano everyday as a kid and be able to remember many songs. But after a couple decades, you might not become VERY rusty.
However, if you were to sit at a piano. Perhaps grab the sheet music of an old song you used to play. It wouldn’t be like learning all over again. It will be much quicker. It would slowly but surely come back to you. You would ‘relearn’ the skill.
