The Effect of Failure on Memory

In this experiment, researchers had a group of people take a test. And then after that, they were shown their right and their wrong answers. Most of the people remembered their correct answers from the first test. So they were able to remember those and answer them correctly again on the second test. However, many of the people didn't remember as many of their incorrect answers from thefirst test. They answered those same questions incorrectly again on thesecond test. Regardless of that, they tended to remember their correct answers, but not their incorrect answers. This experiment shows us that some people have trouble learning from their failure.