Working memory

It is important in children’s cognitive development and with their success in school. Executive functions are used to organize and act on information. Working memory is one executive function. This skill is the ability to carry information in mind for the purpose of completing a task. Working memory is like your mental sticky note. When I was in fifth grade my classmates and I were learning how to round decimals. My teacher at the time came up with a catchy poem to remember…

Over the course of this class I feel that we have had many different chances to learn and understand some key concepts. Every day we use different concepts from impressions of others to attractiveness to one another. A few that stood out to me from over this semester so far are first impression, jargon, and stereotypes. These concepts can all be used in different television shows or movies. The shows I think that best portrays these different concepts are Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. Seeing…

Minnie presented for the evaluation session wearing age appropriate, casual clothing. Minnie’s grooming appeared adequate. She was assessed during four sessions of approximately 90 minutes each. She used her right hand during the examination. Minnie did not appear to have any visual or auditory difficulties. Although a positive behavior incentive system was used during testing, Minnie was observed to have a great deal of difficulty. During administration of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for…

plan and organise himself. The information processing theory may be able to explain why Max and Tom are doing poorly at school. According to this theory, working memory is where thinking occurs and where information is temporarily held for processing (Bergin & Bergin, 2015). Tom’s inattention due to his ADHD is having an effect on his working memory and he experiences cognitive load as he often receives too much information to process. Executive…

According to Bjorklund and Hernandez-Blasi (2012), the theory of mind is how a child develops the perception of mental activity. It is being able to predict how the mind works and organizing facts. Once a child is able to understand how the mind works and what causes their behaviors they can understand what causes the actions of others. Theory of mind requires belief-desire reasoning. Belief -desire reasoning proposed the idea that people predict and explain what others do based on what they…

Disorders, 2010, believe language is learned “using the same set of information process [abilities]. . . such as attention, perception, working memory and retrieval.” A connectionist believes language is a neural network, in which, the brain processes social environment surrounding the individual and “inputs” information of language from the environment…

Study Finds (“Mindfulness Could Improve College Students ' Testing Ability, Study Finds,” 2013), causal claims were reported and supported by an experimental study, including the major claim that mindfulness practice could raise performances in working memory and GRE reading examination. A minor causal claim mentioned in the article was the reduction of interrupted thoughts after the mindfulness practice. So there were four variables of interest here, including a manipulated variable which was…

the functioning” (pg 310). The information-process are comprised of three important components, sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. The sensory memory is the component that allows stimulas information to be stored for a split second. The working memory (which is also known as short-term memory) is where recent and current mental activities take place. Sensory and working memory helps individuals to regulate particular amounts of recieved information during initial processing.…

Brittany Serkus Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents Georgian Court University Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents The recent development of media technologies has made great changes to the way individuals consume media content. With convenient access to the media, individuals are more likely to overuse these technological services, resulting in increased media saturation. Having access…

According to WHO (World Health Organization) adolescence is the period that happens between the ages of 10 to 19 in which human growth and development occurs. Throughout the life span, adolescence signifies an important transition from childhood, as it is a period of ‘newness’ and change, which can be seen in the person, the dyad and the environment’. Linda P Spear supports this as she defines adolescence as ‘a period of physical, psychological and social transition between childhood and…