Present four effective information-processing skills children acquire in middle childhood that
can be applied to memory. Provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Rehearsal – repetition mentally, verbally or written. Writing spell words; having parents ‘hear'
math facts.
2. Organization – grouping ideas, objects or words into easily recognized categories. Generally the
category name is employed to remember the specific items. Remembering parts of the body into
systems – digestive, endocrine, etc. Child remembering states by first letter – all the "a" states.
3. Elaboration – finding a connection between two or more items. Lincoln – railroad, Civil War.
4. Mnemonic – a memory trick. The method of loci or an acronym (Roy G. Biv).
5. Systematic Searching – actively searching for a to-be-remembered item or event. Might use
acoustical or date. Sounds like or happened in 1990.
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. People with phobias are usually aggressive. b. People with antisocial personality disorder are often intelligent and charming on first meeting. c. People with personality disorders usually seek therapy. d. Very few infants are narcissistic.
Which of the following people have fallen prey to the fundamental attribution error?
a. Cindy, who explains her poor exam performance by pointing out how hard the questions were. b. Tim, who points to a person who fell down and says, "What a clumsy oaf!" c. Guillermo, who explains his girlfriend's tears by saying, "She didn't get enough sleep last night." d. Dien, who points to an erratic driver and says, "Look at that! The roads are slick tonight."