What are the effects of advances in working memory in adolescents?

What will be an ideal response?


Working memory reaches adult-like levels by about age 19. Combined with a growing knowledge base and increased strategy use, advances in working memory result in more sophisticated, efficient, and quick thinking and learning. Now adolescents can retain more information at once, better relate new information to what is already known, and combine information in more complex ways, underlying adolescents' increasing capacities for metacognition.

Psychology

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A slogan of the fuzzy-trace theory of knowledge would be,

a. "Details are divine.". b. "Know the general idea, not the boring details.". c. "Imagine yourself in your pet's body and think what it would be like.". d. "Liberate the innate knowledge already in the child.".

Psychology

What is anhedonia in schizophrenic patients

A. strong feelings of ambivalence B. a lack of emotional response C. the inability to experience pleasure D. severe speech disturbance

Psychology

According to research, how has school desegregation affected students' achievement levels?

A. Students of all ages have seen remarkable improvements in achievement levels. B. School desegregation has had little effect on students' academic achievement. C. White and Asian students' achievement levels have risen, while Latino and Black students' achievement levels have declined. D. White and Asian students' achievement levels have declined, while Latino and Black students' achievement levels have risen.

Psychology

________ gets children started on a hypothesis about a word’s meaning, but it may take them years to achieve full understanding of the word

a. Phonological awareness b. Fast mapping c. Overregularization d. Private speech

Psychology