a. Cognitive grouping of objects, events, people and ideas
100
What is selective attention?
a. Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant.
100
what is Information-Processing Approach?
Emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and create strategies about it.
100
What is metacognition?
a. Knowledge about memory
200
What is short term memory?
a. Retention of information for up to 15 to 30 seconds, without rehearsal of the information.
200
What is thinking?
Involves manipulating and transforming information in memory
200
What is Executive attention?
Involves action planning, allocating attention to goals, error detection and compensation, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances.
200
What is Encoding?
The process by which information gets into memory.
200
What is Theory of mind?
a. refers to awareness of one’s own mental processes and the mental processes of others.
300
What is implicit memory?
a. Memory without conscience recollection.
300
What is critical thinking?
a. Involves grasping the deeper meaning of ideas, keeping an open mind about different approaches and perspectives, and deciding for oneself what to believe or do
300
A. What Is Attention?
a. The focusing of mental resources
300
What is Automaticity?
Refers to the ability to process information with little or no effort.
300
What is metamemory?
a. knowledge about memory
400
What is infantile amnesia?
a. When an adult cannot remember their 3rd birthday party.
400
What is problem solving?
Involves finding an appropriate way to attain a goal.
400
What is Sustained attention?
Is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time. (vigilance)
400
What is self-modification?
To use what has been learned in the past to adapt responses to a new situation or Information processing is also characterized by this
400
What are 3 mental states that children ages 18 to 3 years begin to understand?
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What is developmental changes?
a. perceptions, desires, and emotions.
500
What is working memory?
a. A mental "workbench" where individuals manipulate and assemble information when making decisions, solving problems, and comprehending written and spoken language.
500
What is dual-process model?
a. Theory stating that decision making is influenced by two cognitive systems 1) analytical 2) experiential
500
What is Selective attention?
Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant.
500
What is processing speed?
How quickly a person can articulate information
500
What are individual differences?
a. When children reach certain milestones in their theory of mind.