PS275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Short-Term Memory
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If you do not attend to it, it disappears without further processing: short term memory: stimuli are retained for several seconds and operated upon (also called working memory) Information processing capacity: fundamental predictor of performance in many cog- nitive tasks. Memory span measure of the amount of information that can be held in short term store: refers to the number of rapidly presented and unrelated items (ex. digits) that can be recalled in exact order. Grade 1s: age difference reflects developmental diff. in capacity of short term store, chi study. Implicit cognition thought that occurs without awareness that one is thinking. Explicit cognition thinking and thought processes of which we are consciously aware: children"s awareness of their own thoughts and the distinction between con- sciousness and unconsciousness develop gradually during childhood. Selective attention capacity to focus on task relevant aspects of experience while ignoring irrelevant or distracting information: study: hidden with a cloth flap.
