PSYC 4010 Lecture Notes - Steven Pinker, Long-Term Memory, Twin Study
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Send via email 1 statement or 1 story or 1 question that spur in your mind while you are reading it for that week (participation mark) Infant long term memory (prof"s grad project) Our perception that infants are unique species and distant from the rest of development or other ages human. Educational purposes: gear our educational system to allow kids to learn better because at the back of the. Auditory issue in a classroom (kids sitting at the front get better mark of better auditory and attention span. Study normal/typical development to understand what goes wrong. How we think as an adult is determined from an early age. Ex: memory --> we remember negative events more than positive events. Read articles online (some few, some longer) go through main points in class. Participation (10%): reading question or concerns email to professor before class. A) 12. 5%: group project (plus 10 mins presentation) Take home exam (4 essay questions) (32. 5%)
