Title | Basic Processes in Memory Development [electronic resource] : Progress in Cognitive Development Research / edited by Charles J. Brainerd, Michael Pressley |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1985 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9541-6 |
Descript | XV, 324 p. online resource |
1 Childrenโs Retrieval Deficit -- Current Accounts of Childrenโs Retrieval Deficit -- Descriptions: A Model of Memory Retrieval -- The Research Program -- Constraints on Descriptive Power -- General Discussion -- References -- 2 From Cognitive to Procedural Mapping -- Proposition 1: The Study of Cognitive Mapping Is Now an Active Pluralistic Enterprise -- Proposition 2: The Cognitive Mapping Enterprise Has Tended to Operate on Its Own, in Relative Isolation From Other Relevant Research Domains -- Proposition 3: The Study of Cognition and Cognitive Development Is More Mature Than the Study of Cognitive Mapping -- Proposition 4: Spatial Representation Is Paradigmatic of Nonspatial Thought -- Proposition 5: The Cognitive Mapping Enterprise Can Profit From the Activities of Cognitive Psychology -- Proposition 6: Emotions Play a Significant Role in Both Spatial and Nonspatial Thought -- Proposition 7: Cognitive Processing Has a Heavier Emotional Component in Early Development -- Proposition 8: Emotional Agenda Have Greater Priority Than Cognitive Agenda Early in Development -- Epilogue: Cognitive Development Among Cognitive Mappers -- References -- 3 The Role of Conceptual Knowledge in the Development of Organization in Childrenโs Memory -- The Development of Conceptual Knowledge -- The Development of Organization in Childrenโs Memory -- References -- 4 Model-Based Approaches to Storage and Retrieval Development -- Why Models? -- A Short-Term Memory Model -- A Long-Term Memory Model -- A Retention Model -- Storage and Retrieval: The Developmental Picture -- References -- 5 Short-Term Memory Development in Childhood and Adolescence -- Theoretical Issues and Controversies -- The Development of Short-Term Memory -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 6 Interpretation of Response Time in Research on the Development of Memory and Cognition -- Decomposing Reaction Times -- Growth Functions -- Practice -- The Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7 Memory Methodology in Maturity -- Memory Classification Scheme -- Establishing PhenomenaโInternal Validity -- The Question of GeneralizabilityโExternal Validity -- Sampling ConsiderationsโSubject Selection -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index