PSYC 4070 Chapter : CHAPTERS 12 14 15 Book Notes
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Building on theory operations. logically about direct experiences and perceptions: emphasizes productive thinking according to some characteristic they have in common visible, tangible, real things. Family includes parents, siblings, and cousins. inductively, and simultaneously than younger children can. number sequence or the alphabet. Vygotsky and school-age children: believed that education occurs everywhere, not just in school. 1 seek specific units of information (as a search engine does) 3 express conclusions so another person can understand. 1 ongoing brain connections and pathways allow advances in mental processing. Knowledge easier to master new information in that area: past experience, current opportunity, personal motivation. Control processes: phonological loop (stores sound, visual-spatial sketchpad (stores sight) which virtually limitless amounts of information can be stored indefinitely, crucial to ltm, is not only storage, but also retrieval. which current conscious mental activity occurs. Improves markedly in middle childhood: advances in two crucial areas:
