Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Memory Span, Metacognition, Metamemory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Ian Mac Donald

Document Summary

Information-processing theorists use the analogy of the mind as a computer with information flowing through a limited-capacity system composed of mental. Developmental differences in information-processing capacity y age differences in information-processing hardware have been examined by assessing memory span and span of apprehension to evaluate capacity of the. Although substantial age differences in the sts have been found, many developmental differences in memory can be attributed to increases in knowledge base and how quickly children can process information. Few or no developmental differences are observed for implicit cognition, cognition that is performed without conscious awareness in contrast, to explicit cognition, or cognition with awareness. Infant memory has been tested by a variety of measures, most recently the conjugate-reinforcement procedure and deferred imitation. Even very young children organize their experiences in terms of scripts, which become more detailed with age y autobiographical memory improves dramatically during the preschool years.