Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Transactive Memory, Descriptive Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

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Transactive memory is the knowledge of who knows what in a group, combined with the processes used to encode, store, and communicate that knowledge. You are probably quite aware of whether your friend is an expert with computers or cars or taxes. You would know whether to approach your friend to ask him/her a question about one of these topics or seek that knowledge elsewhere. Essentially, this is what transactive memory is about. This reading explains how transactive memory works in a classroom setting. Cognitive psychology: a theoretical perspective that focuses on the mental processes underlying human learning and behaviour. Adherents to this perspective are sometimes called cognitivists. Information processing theory: a theoretical perspective that focuses on the specific (cid:449)a(cid:455)s i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out a(cid:374)d (cid:862)pro(cid:272)ess(cid:863) the i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) that the(cid:455) receive. Construction: a mental process in which a learner takes many separate pieces of information and uses them to build an overall understanding or interpretation of an event.