EDPS 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Episodic Memory, Working Memory, Semantic Memory

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Educational Psychology
• Course: EDPS 270
• Professor: : Dr.Kristine David

Document Summary

The process by which information gets into memory: automaticity: The ability to process information with little or no effort: strategy construction: Creation of new procedures for processing information: metacognition: Cog(cid:374)itio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out (cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374), o(cid:396) (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) Attention: what is attention: focusing of mental resources. Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant. Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time. The ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time. Cognitive process involving planning actions, allocating attention to goals, detecting and compensating for errors, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances. Attention in the first year is dominated by an orienting/ investigative process. Involves directing attention to what and where such as color. Habituation and dishabituation is closely linked with attention.