PSYC 3P60 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Knowledge Base, Metacognition, Metamemory
26 Feb 2016
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Chapter 7: executive function, strategies, and problem solving. Short term store: capacity is smaller but the representations are more durable, lasting for seconds. Long term store: information that is retained indefinitely. Limited capacity: concept that ones info processing ability is restricted (that ppl can only do so many things at a time) Automatic processes: require none of the short term stores limited capacity. Executive function/control: basic level abilities; processes involved in regulating attention and in determining what to do with info just gathered or retrieved from long term memory. Memory span: number of items a person can hold in short term store, assessed by testing number of unrelated items that can be recalled in exact order. Span of apprehension: the number of items that people can keep in mind at any one time or amount of info they can attend to at one time. Working memory: storage capacity plus the ability to transform information held in the short term system.
