Memory Development: Universal Changes and Individual Differences

by Weinert; Franz E.

• ISBN13: 9780805801484
• ISBN10: 0805801480
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-08-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This volume, a collection of papers resulting from a conference sponsored by the Max Planck Society, presents an overview of past research on memory development, possible applications of this research, and new ideas for future areas of study. The role of cognitive components in the development of memory performance and the social and motivational contexts of memory development are described. Includes various theoretical approaches explaining memory development across the life span. Memory Development: Universal Changes and Individual Differences is of interest to researchers, undergraduates and graduate students in developmental psychology, educational psychology and technology, and experimental psychology.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
The Development of Memory Strategies	p. 1
The Early Development of Memory Strategies	p. 3
References	p. 27
The Development of Mnemonic Skill	p. 31
References	p. 47
Strategies in Selective Recall	p. 51
References	p. 68
Metamemory: Problems of Strategy Generalization and Strategy Training	p. 71
Components of Children's Metamemory: Implications for Strategy Generalization	p. 73
References	p. 97
What is Strategy Instructional Enrichment and How to Study It: Illustrations from Research on Children's Prose Memory and Comprehension	p. 101
References	p. 125
Training of Memory Strategies with Adolescents and Adults in Vocational Schools	p. 131
References	p. 142
Knowledge Structure and Memory Development	p. 145
Scripts and Memory: Functional Relationships in Development	p. 147
References	p. 165
Children's Lack of Access and Knowledge Reorganization: An Example from the Concept of Animism	p. 169
References	p. 193
Story Comprehension and Memorization by Children: The Role of Input-,Conservation-, and Output Processes	p. 195
References	p. 214
Social and Motivational Contexts of Memory Development	p. 219
Motivated Remembering	p. 221
References	p. 240
Memory in Context: The Case of Prospective Remembering	p. 243
References	p. 255
Reconsidering the Context of Remembering: The Need for a Social Description of Memory Processes and Their Development	p. 257
References	p. 270
Theoretical Approaches of Universal Changes and Individual Differences in Memory Development Across the Life	p. 273
On Cognitive Operators in Information Processing and Their Effects on Short-Term Memory Performance in Different Age Groups	p. 275
References	p. 291
A Functional Approach to Memory and Metamemory Development in Adulthood	p. 293
Human Memory as a Faculty Versus Human Memory as a Set of Specific Abilities: Evidence from a Life-Span Approach	p. 331
References	p. 351
Research on Memory and Its Development: Past, Present, and Future	p. 353
References	p. 378
Epilogue	p. 381
Author Index	p. 397
Subject Index	p. 409
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