PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Childhood Amnesia, Dyslexia, Metacognition
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Lecture 7: part 2 of chapter 7 & chapter 8. Memories of our experiences: autobiographical mem refers to people"s memories of the significant events + experiences of their own lives. Begins around age 2, but particularly after age 3-4. Prior to 2, people experience infantile amnesia (i. e. , the inability to recall events from early life) This may also be owing to a diff memory style prior to the reliance on lang to recall memories. Infantile amnesia --> inability to remember memories prior to age 3: fa(cid:272)tors that i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e auto(cid:271)iographi(cid:272)al (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories . By age 1-2, children recognize that they exist independently across time + space. Although infants and toddlers have basic mem skills, lang enables convo and children begin to form narratives of their experiences. When rents ask open-ended ?s that allow children to elaborate on their experiences, they form autobiographical memories at earlier ages.
