FRHD 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Metamemory, Frontal Lobe, Peer Pressure

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2270
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

Week 5/6 cognitive processes and academic skills. Hippocampus and amygdale initial storage of memories (6 months) Frontal cortex - retrieving of stored memories (2 years. Strategies: growing knowledge of information, develop better strategies over time. Memory strategies: techniques or activities that improve remembering; begin in pre-school (look and touch objects you need to remember); elementary school uses more powerful strategies. Rehearsal (7-8 years): repeating information that must be remembered; powerful but basic; ex. Organization: structure material to be remembered so related information is placed together. Elaboration: creating a relationship between items to help remember; embellishing information to make it more memorable; can be verbal or visual. Chunking: organizing related items into one meaningful group; improves working memory capacity (more information can be held); over time, this creates domain or content knowledge (history). Meta-memory: informal understanding of memory: diagnosing problems accurately, monitoring the effectiveness of a strategy. Knowledge and awareness of cognitive processes: develops during school years.