obliterative subsumption
nounDefinitions
The subsumption of new knowledge that causes older knowledge to be forgotten but leaves…
The subsumption of new knowledge that causes older knowledge to be forgotten but leaves the mental framework for both the old and new knowledge to be enhanced.
- Forgetting occurs, according to Ausubel, where there is zero dissociability (or obliterative subsumption ) because new learning cannot be distinguished from the old .
- There is a difference between obliterative subsumption that may occur after meaningful learning and forgetting that occurs after rote learning.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for obliterative subsumption. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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