developmental psy chp 8

Question 1

Carrying out multiple cognitive operations simultaneously rather than in a sequence

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parallel processing

Question 2

concept that older people cope with aging through focusing & practicing on the skills most needed & avoiding declining1s

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selective optimization with compensation (SOC)

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memory strategies in which children can use strategies they are taught but cannot produce them on their own.

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production deficiency

Question 4

The use of the information-processing system to achieve a goal or arrive at a decision

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problem solving

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Identifying an object/event as one that has been experienced before Ex: select the correct answer from several options

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recognition memory

Question 6

In information processing, the processing and organizing of information into a form suitable for long-term storage

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consolidation

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memory strategies in which children fail to benefit from a memory strategy they are able to produce.

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utilization deficiency

Question 8

memory store in which information that has been examined and interpreted is stored relatively permanently

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long-term memory

Question 9

Memory of everyday events that the individual has experienced.

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autobiographical memories

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directs & monitor the selection organization manipulation & interpretation of info. in the in the info-processing system

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executive control processes

Question 11

Remembering and reporting events the person has witnessed or experienced.

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eyewitness memory

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A strategy for remembering that involves repeating the items the person is trying to retain

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rehersal

Question 13

A lack of memory for the early years of a person’s life.

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childhood (or infantile) amnesia

Question 14

Knowledge of the human mind and of the range of cognitive processes, including thinking about personal thought processes

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metamemory

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In information processing, the holding of information in the long-term memory store

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storage

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studying the development of problem solving that determines what info. about a problem children take in & rules formed

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rule assessment approach

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when person continues to use same strategy that was successful in past despite lack of success in the current situation

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perseveration error

Question 18

Structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain centrally involved in the formation of memories.

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hippocampus

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persons existing information about a content area significant influence on how well that individual can learn & remember

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knowledge base

Question 20

A level of memory loss between normal loss with age and pathological loss from disease

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mild cognitive impairment

Question 21

The ability to imitate a novel act after a delay

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deferred imitation

Question 22

The inability to form new memories of recent experiences

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anterograde amnesia

Question 23

The story a person constructs about his or her life story and tells over and over again

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life script

Question 24

memory store that temporarily holds information when it's being actively operated upon/in one consciousness (scratch pad

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working memory

Question 25

the memory store in which limited amounts of information are temporarily held

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short-term memory

Question 26

loss of memory for information the event occurring prior to the incident that cause amnesia

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retrograde amnesia

Question 27

Memory that occurs unintentionally and without consciousness or awareness.

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implicit memory

Question 28

A person’s knowledge about memory and about monitoring and regulating memory processes.

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metamemory

Question 29

Recollecting objects, events, or experiences in response to a hint or cue

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cued recall memory

Question 30

The view that verbatim and general or gistlike accounts of an event are stored separately in memory.

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fuzzy-trace theory

Question 31

Representations that people create over time of the typical sequence of actions related to an event; also called “script

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general event representations (GERs)

Question 32

development of problem-solving skills isnt moving from one problem-solving approach to a better one with age

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overlapping waves theory

Question 33

The process of retrieving information from long-term memory when it is needed.

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retrieval

Question 34

Mistake when a person continues to use the same strategy that was successful before despite the current lack of success

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perseveration error

Question 35

strategy for remembering that involves adding something to or creating meaningful links between the bits of information

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elaboration

Question 36

Mechanism that directs attention and controls the flow of information in the working memory system.

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central executive

Question 37

first memory store in information processing in which stimuli are noticed & are briefly available for further processing

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sensory register

Question 38

memory strategies in which children cant spontaneously use or benefit from strategies even they ifare taught to use them

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mediation deficiency

Question 39

the ability to store and later retrieve information about past events

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memory

Question 40

remembering something it is the process of getting information into the information-processing system aka learning it

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encode

Question 41

Memory that involves consciously recollecting the past.

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explicit memory

Question 42

questions that rule out more than one answer to narrow the field of possible choices rather than asking about only one

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constraint-seeking questions

Question 43

A type of explicit memory consisting of specific episodes that one has experienced

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episodic memory

Question 44

Recollecting/actively retrieving objects, events, & experiences when examples or cues are not provided

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recall memory

Question 45

mental representation of sequence of actions related to an event created in memory & that guide future behavior

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knowledge base

developmental psy chp 8

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developmental psy chp 8

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