Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Information Processing Theory, Working Memory, Jean Piaget

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Chapter 5 psychology and education: cognitive psychology: theoretical perspective that focuses on mental processes underlying human learning and behaviour. Interconnectedness: cognitive psychologists believe that related pieces of info in long- term memory often connected w/ one another concept map. Critiquing three-component model: not all cognitive psychologists agree that three-component model is an accurate representation of how human memory works, and research yields mixed results as to whether different components of memory can be neatly distinguished. Various forms of knowledge: declarative knowledge: knowledge (cid:396)elated to (cid:862)(cid:449)hat is(cid:863), to (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e of ho(cid:449) thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:396)e, were, or will be; knowledge that declares how things are. Info in long-term memory encoded by: verbal: actual words (ex: name, address) In addition to helping students store info and procedures in long-term memory, mnemonics also appear to help students retrieve what they store at an earlier time. Why people sometimes forget: failure to retrieve.