 |
| | | | |
Child Development - A Thematic Approach
, Fifth Edition
Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
| | |
| | Learning Objectives
Chapter 9:
Cognition: Information Processing
- Describe the major features of information-processing models of human cognition.
- Describe and discuss the changes in attention that occur with development.
- Identify behavioral characteristics associated with attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, its possible causes, and treatment.
- Define the different types of memory.
- Summarize the procedures used to measure recognition memory and the development
of this capacity.
- Describe the development of recall memory.
- Define various memory strategies, discuss their importance in aiding recall,
and describe the development of their spontaneous use.
- Describe the relationship between memory and general knowledge and discuss emerging conceptions
of memory.
- Define autobiographical memory and discuss the various explanations for infantile amnesia.
- Discuss the controversy concerning the use of children to provide eyewitness
testimony.
- Summarize the relationship between the brain and memory.
- Describe the development of problem-solving abilities and the various components of problem solving.
- Identify the microgenetic approach and discuss its contribution to the study
of development.
- Identify procedures that appear to facilitate transfer in the classroom.
- Discuss the development of scientific thinking.
| |
| |
|
|
|
