How do psychologists interpret forgetfulness? Human beings forget things because they wish to forget them. In this way, psychologists interpret forgetfulness.

How do psychologists define forgetting?

n. the failure to remember material previously learned. Numerous processes and theories have been proposed throughout the long history of study to account for forgetting, including decay theory and interference theory.

What do psychologists say about memory?

“Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present' (Sternberg, 1999). Memory is the term given to the structures and processes involved in the storage and subsequent retrieval of information. Memory is essential to all our lives.