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Auteur(s) : Bahrick, Harry P.
Hall, Lynda Kae
Baker, Melinda K.
Titre(s) : Life-span maintenance of knowledge / Harry P. Bahrick, Lynda K. Hall, and Melinda K. Baker
Publication : New York : Psychology Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xvii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Essays in cognitive psychology
Lien à la collection : Essays in cognitive psychology
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-303) and indexes
This volume describes how well we maintain the knowledge we acquire throughout life.
Research traditionally focuses on memory for events that are retained over short time
periods that can be accommodated in experiments. This book, by contrast, uniquely
describes the evolution of methods suitable for investigating memory of complex knowledge
acquired over several years and retained during the entire life-span. The methods
substitute statistical for experimental controls, and the investigations involve several
hundred participants whose memory is tested up to 50 years after they acquired the
knowledge in question. The book covers educational content, such as mathematics and
foreign languages; knowledge acquired incidentally, such as the streets and buildings
of the city in which we live; and knowledge acquired through the media. Previously
unpublished research on age-related access to knowledge is included. The analyses
are based on the accessibility/availability ratio, a metric presented for the first
time. This metric allows comparisons of the portion of available knowledge that can
be recalled as a function of age, education and other individual differences, and
as a function of the domain of knowledge in question. The ratio can be used to evaluate
methods of instruction and methods of studying. It can also be used to evaluate memory
development and to diagnose memory pathology. The volume will be of interest to researchers
in human memory, developmental psychologists, gerontologists in academic and applied
settings, and educators
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Life span maintenance of knowledge
Sujet(s) : Mémoire -- Effets de l'âge
Mémoire à long terme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781848726505 (pbk.). - ISBN 1848726503 (pbk.). - ISBN 9781848729896 (hbk). -
ISBN 1848729898 (hbk). - ISBN 9780203141076 (erroné) (ebk). - ISBN 0203141075 (erroné)
(ebk) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438173062
Notice n° :
FRBNF43817306
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