PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Episodic Memory, Explicit Memory, Working Memory
23 Jan 2014
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Analyzes the ways people process information about their world: manipulation of information o o o. Changes in speed processing are assessed using reaction time tasks o. Improves dramatically through childhood and adolescence: changes due to myelination or experience, decline begins in middle adulthood; continues into late adulthood. Development results from : expanding information-processing capacity, acquiring new knowledge and strategies. Ability to understand the mental states of the self and others. Develops during the preschool period in typically developing children. Tom in children with autism spectrum disorder (asd) Majority of children with asd demonstrate a delay or deficit in tom: related to the hallmark socio-communicative deficits in asd. Reading the mind in the eyes task. On average, woman perform better than men. Adults with asd perform worse than typically developing adults. Three ways attention can be allocated o o o. Sustained attention: ability to maintain attention to selected stimulus over prolonged period; also called vigilance.
