PSYC 3330 Chapter 14: Chapter 14childmemory
2 Dec 2016
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Hard to assess: language abilities non-existent or (cid:448)ery li(cid:373)ited, a(cid:374)d do(cid:374)"t hold atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) Hard to assess the extent to which they are consciously aware of what they remember. Typically require infants to produce certain motor responses, but have limited motor skills. Traditionally assumed infants in first year of life wee only capable of simple implicit learning and memory for perceptual and motor skills, required gradually with positive reinforcement. In contrast, argued that infants could not form explicit or declarative memories until end of first year. Contrasted traditional views about memory development in infancy with their own ecological model. Argued that basic memory processes do not change with increasing age. Instead, what infants learn differs considerably from what is learned by slightly older children. First few months cannot move independently; as a result they are good at associating whatever they see together in a nonselective fashion. Up to 8 moths: a period of rapid and exuberant learning.
