PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Frontal Lobe, Executive Functions, Mnemonic
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Self regulation: a really important skill in all areas in life, making yourself do things you do not really want to do or make yourself not do something that otherwise you would want to do. It takes a while to develop this: de(cid:448)eloping (cid:449)ell into our 20"s (cid:449)ith our pre frontal (cid:272)orte(cid:454), e. g. I will tap twice and you tap once. If you are really young it is harder. If you train them they do better at task. Wh(cid:455) don"t kids use strategies: three proposed explanations. Production deficiency: flavel has more support, children can benefit but they do not produce it spontaneously, this has a lot of evidence. They have production deficiency and strategy inefficiency mixed. If you teach them to use it, they can improve strategies and keep on getting better: strategy gets better, neurodevelopment is happen, better for executive functioning.
