Models of Attention and Memory

Question 1

Social cues can be used to establish joint attention. Give 3 examples.

Answer 1

Prosody, gaze, gesture

Question 2

What is Motherese/ Infant-Directed Speech (IDS)?

Answer 2

The way parents tend to talk to their children (repetitive, simplified grammar, exaggerated intonation)

Question 3

How does Atkinson & SHriffin’s model work? What is the problem with it?

Answer 3

External input goes into the sensory register –> short-term memory –> long-term memory (via rehearsal)

The problem is that rehearsal does not always lead to learning, and learning can happen unintentionally.

Question 4

What types of memory does the ACT* model specify?

Answer 4

Declarative memory - explicit; facts

Procedural - implicit; skills

Question 5

What is metamemory?

Answer 5

We know that we used to know something but cant retrieve it at a specific moment

Question 6

What’s the difference between ACT* and ACT-R?

Answer 6

ACT-R describes memory AND other cognitive processes

Question 7

What does learning past-tense verb conjugation look like in children?

Answer 7

Hear adults use it & copy them (low error) –> notice patterns & generalize rule w/ out accounting for exceptions (high error) –> learn exceptions (low error)

U-shaped learning