child psych

  1. techniques or activities that improve remembering
    memory strategies
  2. strategy of repetitively naming information that is to be remembered
    rehearsal
  3. structuring material to be remembered so that related information is placed together
    organization
  4. embellishing information to be remebered to make it more memorable. ex- remember how to spell word by singing it
    elaboration
  5. diagnose memory problems accurately and monitoring the effectiveness of memory strategies
    metamemory
  6. knowledge and awareness of cognitive processes
    metacognitive knowledge
  7. skill at identifying goals, selecting effective strategies and monitoring accurately
    cognitive self- regulation
  8. a memory structure used to describe the sequence in which events occur
    script
  9. refers to peoples memory of the signficant events and experiences of their own lives
    autobiographical memory
  10. inability to remember events from ones early life
    infantile amnesia
  11. process of identifying a unique pattern of letters
    word recognition
  12. process of extracting meaning from a sequence of words
    comprehension
  13. ability to hear the distinctive sounds of letters
    phonological awareness
  14. identifying individual words "sounding out"
    decoding
  15. deciding what information to include and how best to organize it for the point they wish to convey to their reader
    knowledge-transforming strategy
  16. writing down informatino on the topic as they retrieve it from memory
    knowledge telling strategy
Author
Anonymous
ID
44860
Card Set
child psych
Description
chapters 7,8,9
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