UCSD PSYC 144 Final Ch 14 Exam
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
infantile amnesia - ANSWERS(childhood amnesia) inability of older children & adults to remember any
childhood event b4 age 3/4
Sensory Preconditioning - ANSWERSan association between two stimuli that is established prior to the
start of conditioning
Siegler, why declarative memory in children progressively get better - ANSWERS1) capacity of
STM/working memory may increase over the years
2) develop more memory strategies & learn to use them more efficiently
3) older process more knowledge than younger => easier to learn & remember new info
4) metamemory develops, & those w/ good can use the system to more effectively than those w
poor/nonexistent
(not separate from each other)
metamemory - ANSWERSknowledge we possess about our own memory & how it worked
"knowledge and beliefs about the capacities, functioning, limitations & development of one's own
memory & human memory system in general"
working memory capacity - ANSWERSan assessment of the how information can be processed & stored
at the same time
children w/:
high -> use categorical organization more successfully @ learning & @ retrieval than those w/ low
capacity
gist memory traces - ANSWERScontain much semantic info. about to-be-remembered material
"understanding of their exp.
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
infantile amnesia - ANSWERS(childhood amnesia) inability of older children & adults to remember any
childhood event b4 age 3/4
Sensory Preconditioning - ANSWERSan association between two stimuli that is established prior to the
start of conditioning
Siegler, why declarative memory in children progressively get better - ANSWERS1) capacity of
STM/working memory may increase over the years
2) develop more memory strategies & learn to use them more efficiently
3) older process more knowledge than younger => easier to learn & remember new info
4) metamemory develops, & those w/ good can use the system to more effectively than those w
poor/nonexistent
(not separate from each other)
metamemory - ANSWERSknowledge we possess about our own memory & how it worked
"knowledge and beliefs about the capacities, functioning, limitations & development of one's own
memory & human memory system in general"
working memory capacity - ANSWERSan assessment of the how information can be processed & stored
at the same time
children w/:
high -> use categorical organization more successfully @ learning & @ retrieval than those w/ low
capacity
gist memory traces - ANSWERScontain much semantic info. about to-be-remembered material
"understanding of their exp.
