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Cards In This Set
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Encoding
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The process by which information gets into memory
ex:cursive letters
processing increases across childhood
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Automaticity
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The ability to process information with little or no effort
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Strategy construction
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Creation of new procedures for processing information
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Attention
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Focusing of mental resources
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Selective attention
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focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant
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Divided attention
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Concentraion on more than one activity at the same time
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Sustained attention
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The ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonger period of time
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Executive attention
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action planning, allocating attention to goals, error detection and compensation, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances
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Joint attention
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Focus by individuals on the same object or event; requires an abilty to track anothers behavior, one inidividual's directing anther's attention, and reciprocal interaction
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Memory
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Retention of information over time
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Schema theory
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Theory stating that people mold memories to fit information that already exists in their minds
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Memories and gender
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Females: are better at episodic (autobiographical) memory and emotion-linked memory. and they process information and greater detail
males: are better at tasks with working memory
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Implicit memory
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Memory without conscious recllection-routine procedures that are performed automatically
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Explicit memory
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Conscious memory of facts and experiences
-improves during second year of life
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Infantile amnesia
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You dont remember anything from your first 3 years of life
-10 year olds recognize only 20% of their preschool classmates
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