PSYCH 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Frontal Lobe, Metamemory, Metacognition
1 Dec 2017
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The roots of memory are laid down in the first few months after birth. Young babies remember events for days or weeks at a time. When shown novel actions w/ toys and later asked to mimic what they saw, toddlers can remember more than infants, for longer periods of time. Improvements in memory can be partially traced to growth in the brain regions that support memory. Initial storage of info: hippocampus and amygdala, which develop by 6mos. Frontal cortex and hippocampus mature over the first 24mos, resulting in improving memory skills. As children grow, they use more effective strategies for remembering. Children"s growing factual knowledge of the world allows them to organize info more completely and to remember better. Preschool children look at or touch objects they"ve been told to remember - not effective. Rehearsal: a strategy of repetitively naming info that is to be remembered. Organization: structuring material to be remembered so that related info is placed together.
