Information Processing Flashcards

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Information processing approaches is?

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Approaches to cognitive development that seek to identify the ways that individuals take in, use, and store information

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3 foundations for information processing approach?

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1) Encoding
2) Storage
3) Retrieval

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What is automatization?

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Degree to which an activity requires attention

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What does automatization help us do?

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Helps us in our initial encounters with the world by “automatically” priming us to process info in particular ways.

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Sensory store is?

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Initial momentary storage of info, lasting only an instant

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Chunk is?

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Meaningful group of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in short-term memory

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How long is short-term memory?

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15-25s

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Short-term memory is?

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Short duration limited capacity memory component in which selected input is worked on

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Working memory is?

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A set of memory stores that actively manipulate and rehearse information

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The central executive is?

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Controls the functions of short-term memory, selecting strategies for remembering.

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Long term memory is?

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Unlimited capacity storage where info is stored permanently

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Attention is?

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Information processing involving the ability to sort out different stimuli in the environment

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13
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Information processing failures are from what?

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Due to inability to draw out info from sensory store.

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14
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Attention getting is?

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Bright colors, attractive, loud noise

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Attention holding is?

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Something meaningful to us

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Implicit memory is?

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Procedural memories

Ex. Riding a bike

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Planning is?

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The ability to allocate attentional resources on that basis of goals that one wishes to achieve

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Explicit memory is?

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The conscious recollection of memory.

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Autobiographical memory is?

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Memories for specific events, involving oneself.

20
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Average age for earliest autobiographical memory?

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Metamemory is?

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Understanding the processes that underlie memory

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Scripts are?

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General representations in memory of a sequence or series of events

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Earliest memories typically include?

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Negative events
Markers (trips, very unexpected events)
Later influences

24
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What 4 factors influence memory development?

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1) Strategies
2) Knowledge
3) Metamemory
4) Capacity

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Mnemoics are?
Formal strategies for organizing material in ways that make it more likely to be remembered
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Critical thinking is?
Thinking that makes us use cognitive skills and strategies
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4 memory strategies ?
Rehearsal Organization Imagery Elaboration
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Rehearsal is?
Repeating info out load
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Organization is?
Grouping info into meaningful chunks
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Imagery is?
Creating a mental image of info
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Elaboration is?
Creates a relationship between multiple pieces of info form different categories
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Strategies for memory development?
Goal directed processes that are adopted to enhance memory performance
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Knowledge for memory development?
Children are likely to remember material they know about and understand.
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Capacity for memory development?
Childs memory is limited due to processing capacity.