PSYC 160 Lecture Notes - Object Permanence, Cognitive Development, Concept Map
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Memory is better explained as sequential process, vs a unitary capacity. You can improve your memory if you understand memory development. Infantile amnesia - can"t remember events from infancy stages. Based on a comparison between human process and how computers work. Computers (input) > hardware software operations > output. Information is factual, with emphasis on validity of the facts. Knowledge is experiential, emphasis on relevant of information to personal and societal. Routinely remembering how to drive a car, swing a golf club, or type. Infants retain experiences, but they have not yet developed language skills that able. Infantile amnesia - one"s inability to recall what, how, where, and when during infant them to label experience. All the facts and events in ones experience. Memory includes both biological and cognitive function. Memory includes the complimentary interaction of the brain and mind. When people refer to memory, they refer to the nal process - information retrieval.
