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------ is the process by which material in memory storage is located, brought into awareness, and used.

retrieval

Without conscious thought, children develop the ability to link together stimuli that occur simultaneously, thereby developing an understanding of concepts. This process is an example of ____________.

automatization

According to the three-system model, it is in the ______________ that thoughtful, deliberate information processing first takes place.

short-term memory

______________ are stimuli, such as words, images, smells, or sounds, that people use to search and locate information stored in long-term memory.

retrieval cues

Which of the following summarizes the key principle of information processing theories of development?

with age and practice, children's thinking gradually becomes more sophisticated.

The increasing ability as children age to tune into certain stimuli while tuning out of others is the result of the increasing ______________ that comes with age.

control of attention

In general, researchers believe that, compared to memory processing in adults, memory processing in young children is ______________.

generally similar

Recent memory research among infants, children, and adults shows that _____________.

the physical trace of a memory in the brain is relatively permanent across all ages

Antony repeats information that he wants to recall over and over until he can recite it from memory. This is an example of _____________.

a memory control strategy

Arletta used to believe that she could simply look at a group of vocabulary words once and remember them. Now she realized that she has to practice them. This is evidence that Arletta has developed ______________ skills.

metamemory

When questioned repeatedly, children are likely to describe with confidence events and situations that never happened. These descriptions are referred to as _____________.

false memories

When questioning children for legal purposes, the accuracy of their recollections can be improved by _____________.

using a neutral setting, not a courtroom or police office, for questioning

Compared with code-based approaches to reading instruction, whole-language approaches focus more on _____________.

making context-based guesses about word meanings

One clear advantage of the information processing approach over the approaches of Piaget and Vygotsky is its _____________.

reliance on precise concepts that can be tested by research

______________ approaches to cognitive development seek to identify the way that individuals take in, use, and store information.

Information processing

The three basic aspects of information processing are encoding, storage, and __________.

retrieval

The enduring structures of information processing that remain constant over the course of development are known as ______________.

cognitive architecture

According to the three-system model, the ______________ is the initial process by which information is very briefly held before further processing.

sensory store

The key difference between information processing and Piagetian approaches is that information processing approaches focus on ______________.

quantitive rather than qualitative changes

Four-year-old Carla is engaged in playing with a toy truck, while her 10-year-old brother Vincent is wrapped up in a book. The truck and the book are said to be different ______________ stimuli for each child.

attention-holding

______________ is the ability to allocate attentional resources based on desired goals.

planning

One plausible reason why infants appear to remember less than older children and adults is the lack of ______________.

an extensive vocabulary

The memory of events from one's own life, known as ______________ memory, is not very accurate until after three years of age.

autobiographical

As they grow older, children begin to recall memories in terms of ______________, which are general representations in memory of a sequence or series of events.

scripts

If it is necessary to question children for legal purposes, which of the following strategies has been shown to increase the accuracy of their recollections?

Question children as soon as possible after the event.

Compared with whole-language approaches to reading instruction, code-based approaches focus more on ______________.

sounding out letters and words to discover their meaning

Which of the following is a critical thinking skill?

identifying and questioning assumptions in statements

According to the information processing perspective, older children first resolve preschoolers' difficulty with the Piagetian conservation problem when their improved ______________.

attention span permits them to attend simultaneously to the height and width of the glasses

Compared with other approaches, the information processing approach pays more attention to ______________.

the workings of memory, attention, and other mental activities

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What term refers to the process by which material in memory is located brought to awareness and used group of answer choices?

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as retrieval.

Which term refers to the process by which material in memory is located brought to awareness and used quizlet?

Retrieval. The process by which material in memory storage is located, brought into awareness, and used.

What is the process by which information gets into memory storage called?

Encoding. We get information into our brains through a process called encoding, which is the input of information into the memory system. Once we receive sensory information from the environment, our brains label or code it.

Which is the term for the process by which information is initially recorded stored and retrieved?

Encoding is defined as the initial learning of information; storage refers to maintaining information over time; retrieval is the ability to access information when you need it.