Encoding, metacognitive, auto attributional processes and memory in mentally retarded adolescents
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Published on: September 27, 2020
1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica di Milano, Italy. plbaldi@mi.unicatt.it
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the improvement of the capability to retain sets of names after a training programme administered to 38 (20 men, 18 women) mentally retarded adolescents aged 14-19 years (mean IQ = 57) who underwent training for 31 weeks. A single-case research design was used because the subjects varied in age, IQ, and pathological origin of retardation. Data confirm the results of a 1994 study and demonstrate the utility of systematic, diversified training in improving information-processing strategies on the one hand, and raising meta-mnemonic and autoattributional awareness on the other.
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