PSYC 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Autobiographical Memory, Joint Attention, Metacognition
8 Feb 2019
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Information-processing theory (a modern approach to cognitive development) Uses a computer metaphor to explain cognitive development. Joint attention (inviting another to look at an object simultaneously) Gaze following (following another person"s gaze; acquired b/w 9-12 months) Fuzzy trace theory : we are more likely to remember the jist of what is going on rather than specific details. Autobiographical memory : memories of previous events in one"s own life. Infant amnesia : all personal memories are usually from after age three. Memories from before age 3 are highly salient, emotionally evocative. Metacognition having thoughts about one"s own thought process (thinking about thinking) Ex: conjuring up mental images in a certain order to remember a series of words. How children apply what they know to their actions in the real world. Underestimation of infants and younger children"s abilities. Focuses on what infants/young children cannot do, rather than the. New research shows that object permanence can be acquired by abilities they do have.
