Exam 6: Cognitive Growth: Information Processing Approaches

Children's memories are often organized in general representations of a sequence or series of events in the order in which they occur.What is this organizing tactic called?

One plausible reason why infants appear to remember less than older children and adults is the lack of __________.

How are confidence and accuracy related when it comes to eyewitness memory?

One clear advantage of the information processing approach over the approaches of Piaget and Vygotsky is its __________.

If it is necessary to question children for legal purposes,which of the following strategies has been shown to increase the accuracy of their recollections?

Without conscious thought,children develop the ability to link together stimuli that occur simultaneously,thereby developing an understanding of concepts.This process is an example of __________.

__________ are stimuli,such as words,images,smells,or sounds,that people use to search and locate information stored in long-term memory.

Antony repeats information that he wants to recall over and over until he can recite it from memory.This is an example of __________.

Angelo has progressed beyond picture books to early-reader stories appropriate for his young age.His mother encourages him to sound out each of the letters he comes across,making "buh-aw-luh" eventually recognizable as "ball." Which approach to reading is Angelo's mother promoting?

Which memory skill shows a decline in middle age?

Which principle is an ingredient of critical thinking?

Which statement offers the best explanation of why some middle-aged people have some long-term memory loss?

What makes a stimulus attention-holding?

Which statement best describes how humans engage in critical thinking?

How is the three-system approach to memory best conceptualized?