Chapter 7: Information Processing Flashcards
Which 2 areas of the brain are contingent on selective attention?
Frontal cortex and reticular formation.
What is divided attention?
Creating the illusion of focusing on more than one thing at a time by switching attention between stimuli quickly.
What is selective attention?
Focusing on one specific relevant stimulus while ignoring irrelevant ones.
What is sustained attention?
Ability to maintain attention on a stimulus for prolonged amounts of time.
What is executive attention?
Planning actions, focusing on goals, error detection/correction, progress monitoring
At what age do orientation/investigation processes become robust?
4 months.
What is habituation?
Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentation
Why do children have some objects they do not become habituated to?
Some items have an association with security or an emotional attachment.
What is joint attention and why is it important for children?
2+ individuals focusing on the same stimuli. It gives the child social queues and information about what is relevant, allowing them to learn through interactions with others.
Older adults have deficiencies in _____ attention.
Executive
With age, _____ intelligence stays intact, while ____ intelligence declines.
Crystallized, fluid
What is implicit memory? What is explicit memory? When do infants begin to display explicit memory?
Memory without conscious recollection / conscious memory of particular facts and experiences – after 6 months.
Which region of the brain is important in the development of explicit memory?
Hippocampus
What is episodic memory?
Retention of information about the where and when of life’s happenings
What is autobiographical memory?
Personal recollection of events and facts
