developmental psychology in memory (pack 3)

Question 1

What is the connection between dyslexia and memory?

Answer 1

struggle to learn how to recognise and decode printed words but understand the same

Question 2

What memory is particularly poor with dyslexia and how has this been shown?

Answer 2

poor verbal STM

shown in studies using the phonological similarity effect
AND
Word length effect

Question 3

what did McDougall find on dyslexia?

Answer 3

poor readers have sig. lower memory spans for words and slower reading rates

basic inefficiency in phonological processing and storage may explain dyslexia

Question 4

What did Alloway find on dyslexia?

Answer 4

children with dyslexia have difficulty processing and remembering speech sounds because of poor working memories

suggests there is an underlying cognitive impairment in dyslexia which leads to shorter memory spans

Question 5

what does Alzheimer’s impair?

Answer 5

certain cognitive functions such as memory for new events and affects working memory, central executive functioning and visuospatial processing

Question 6

what is a major characteristic of Alzheimer’s?

Answer 6

inability to recall autobiographical info from episodic memory

shows it affects STM and LTM

Question 7

what does loss of executive functioning mean for people with Alzheimer’s?

Answer 7

lack of coordination and difficulty with attention

Question 8

what research did BADDELEY find on Alzheimer’s and memory?

Answer 8

investigate control in patients

distractor letters and a dual task procedure

those with it performed worse on difficult version than those without, suggesting…
tasks where attention is needed on more than one thing is impaired by the disease