Task 4 Cognition in children Flashcards
1
Q
What is the means ends analysis?
A
Repeated comparison of ones current state with ones goal, followed by a step by step proccess to reduce the distance between them.
2
Q
What is sensory memeory?
A
Capacity for briefly retaining relatively large amounts of information just encountered.
5 years old their sensory memory is as good as that of an adult
3
Q
Proccess besides encoding used to actively manipulate information in sensory working and long term memory
A
Automatization: Processes that change from controlled to automatic as people gain experience with them.
