Chapter Questions
What is working memory? What age differences have been found? What role does working memory play in understanding age differences in memory?
What is secondary memory? How is it tested? What patterns of age differences have been found? What happens to the use of memory strategies with age?
What is tertiary memory? How does tertiary memory differ with age in terms of the knowledge base and autobiographical memory?
What factors influence memory for discourse? What age differences have been uncovered related to these influences?
How do the patterns of age differences for discourse and list learning compare?
What text and task variables are most important?
What age differences are there in memory for location? What factors influence performance? When do older and younger adults perform equivalently? Why?
What difference does it make in accuracy in whether older and younger people actually performed the actions they need to remember?
What types of prospective memory have been distinguished? What age differences are there in prospective memory?
- How do younger and older adults compare at remembering pictures?
What major types of self-evaluations have been described?
What age differences are there in memory knowledge and in beliefs about memory?
What age differences have been found in making predictions about performance? What factors influence people's predictions?
What age differences have been found in encoding processes?
What age differences have been found in retrieval processes?
What is the relative contribution of encoding and retrieval in understanding age differences in memory?
What is the emerging role of working memory in understanding age differences in memory?
What criteria are used to determine the difference between normal and abnormal changes in a person's memory?
What are the major mental health conditions that involve significant memory problems?
What do neuropsychological tests assess? Of what use are self-report questionnaires?
How are rating scales used to assess memory impairments?
What effects do nutrition and drugs have on memory?
What is the E-I-E-I-O framework? How does it help organize memory training programs?
How much do older adults benefit from each of the major types of memory training programs?
What kinds of memory interventions work over time?