PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Long-Term Memory, Dead Skunk, Information Processor

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AA3
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

Might not be that children don"t know that the object is there, it might be that it might be a task too difficult for their other abilities. This was shown by the researcher who simplified piaget"s tasks. Cognitive development 2: information processing: the information processing model. Rehearsal leads to information going into short term and working memory. If we rehearse them enough, information will be sent to be stored permanently by getting transferred to long term memory: we can also use techniques for processing new information like using pneumonic, grouping, etc. , understanding a new word. Spoken word goes through the sensory store which goes into the auditory register. It"s pretty much understanding what you just heard. Just like how the sensory store was where you stored the spoken word, the visuospatial sketchpad is where incoming visual info can be stored.