Memory development : universal changes and individual differences /

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Imprint:Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988.
Description:xiv, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/900344
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Other authors / contributors:Weinert, Franz E., 1930-
Perlmutter, Marion
ISBN:0805801480
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1. The Development of Memory Strategies
  • 1. The Early Development of Memory Strategies
  • References
  • 2. The Development of Mnemonic Skill
  • References
  • 3. Strategies in Selective Recall
  • References
  • II. Metamemory: Problems of Strategy Generalization and Strategy Training
  • 4. Components of Children's Metamemory: Implications for Strategy Generalization
  • References
  • 5. What is Strategy Instructional Enrichment and How to Study It: Illustrations from Research on Children's Prose Memory and Comprehension
  • References
  • 6. Training of Memory Strategies with Adolescents and Adults in Vocational Schools
  • References
  • III. Knowledge Structure and Memory Development
  • 7. Scripts and Memory: Functional Relationships in Development
  • References
  • 8. Children's Lack of Access and Knowledge Reorganization: An Example from the Concept of Animism
  • References
  • 9. Story Comprehension and Memorization by Children: The Role of Input-,Conservation-, and Output Processes
  • References
  • IV. Social and Motivational Contexts of Memory Development
  • 10. Motivated Remembering
  • References
  • 11. Memory in Context: The Case of Prospective Remembering
  • References
  • 12. Reconsidering the Context of Remembering: The Need for a Social Description of Memory Processes and Their Development
  • References
  • V. Theoretical Approaches of Universal Changes and Individual Differences in Memory Development Across the Life
  • 13. On Cognitive Operators in Information Processing and Their Effects on Short-Term Memory Performance in Different Age Groups
  • References
  • 14. A Functional Approach to Memory and Metamemory Development in Adulthood
  • 15. Human Memory as a Faculty Versus Human Memory as a Set of Specific Abilities: Evidence from a Life-Span Approach
  • References
  • 16. Research on Memory and Its Development: Past, Present, and Future
  • References
  • 7. Epilogue
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index