PSYC 3590H Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Impulsivity, Encoding Specificity Principle, Sensory Memory
27 Mar 2017
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Information processing: kids manipulate info, monitor it, & strategize about it via, thinking, change mechanisms, self-modification. Memory: encoding (getting info into memory, storage (retention of info over time, retrieval (taking info out of storage, for memory to work students take in info, store it, retrieve it later. Salient vs. relevance: salient aspect: attention grabbing aspect, relevant aspect: the important aspect, elementary school kids attend more efficiently to relevant aspect of a task rather than the salient aspect, (greater reflection, less impulsivity) Info is processed in terms of its meaning at the deepest level. Encoding specificity principle: the associations formed at the time of encoding tend to be effective retrieval cues. Working memory: baddeley"s model: said working memory is a 3 part system that temporarily holds info as ppl perform tasks. It"s a mental workbench where info is manipulated & organized: central executive (integrates info from the other 2 & long term memory) *plays role in attention, planning & organizing beh.
