PSY 3437 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Implicit Memory, Metacognition, Knowledge Base
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Old (atkinson and shiffrin: one unit was called stm. New (baddeley: stm has 3 parts. One for both combined: additional part that controls. Stm memory has a limited capacity: pronunciation time. The shorter the words the more you can store: semantic similarities of items. The more similar the objects the more detail that must be stored. Exemplars and prototypes can be efficient short cuts. Interference from similar items = both can get rolled into one. Trends across age: stm expands with age, speed increases with age, poor strategy use. Organization is hard: phonological and visual loop in place of four years of age. Things driving trends: myelination and pruning. Better emotional regulation: understanding of self and mind, knowledge base is growing. The more they know the easier it is to learn. Earliest memories: infants will suck to maintain a sound heard in the womb. Infants will suck to maintain a familiar stimulus. Priming, procedures, and conditioning: implicit memory.
