AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Honesty is the best policy. Say, “Of course, I remember you, but your name has slipped my mind.” Mention whatever information you do remember about them-“We met last year at John and Alice’s party”-to show them that they’re not a total stranger. Or simply say, “I’m sorry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The simplest explanation: you’re just not that interested, Ranganath says. “People are better at remembering things that they’re motivated to learn. Sometimes you are motivated to learn people’s names, and other times it’s more of a passing thing, and you don’t at the time think it’s important.”

Detailed explanation-3: -If you have a strong emotional or sense-related connection with a person, the storage path to their name will be stronger. “If it wasn’t [an emotional experience] our brains slot it into our short-term memory and we tend to get rid of stuff that we don’t come back to, ” Dr Kerr said.

Detailed explanation-4: -“It’s such a big deal to admit that you don’t remember a person, ” says Laura King, a psychologist at the University of Missouri who has separately studied the social consequences of forgetting. “It’s an insult, even though it’s completely innocent and we have absolutely no desire to hurt the person’s feelings.

Detailed explanation-5: -The perfect go-to script is simply to say, “Please tell me your name again.” Don’t make a “thing” out of the fact that you forgot the person’s name or make an excuse that you’re bad at names (even if you are).