Information Processing

Question 1

What is the purpose of this theory?

Answer 1

• To explain how information is encoded into memory
• Inspired by data science
• Continuous development - quality and quantity with experience
• Focus on how children and adults develop components of cognitive thinking
• One course for all
• Both nature and nurture
• The child is active

Question 2

How does it work?

Answer 2

1. Input - Sensory memory: information presented to our senses - from environment. Sounds smells.
2. Processing: information coded, transformed and organized
3. Output: behavioural response

• The child is active in its learning; modify thinking in response to environmental stimuli
• First to our short term memory(processor), to a long term memory(harddrive)
• Different capacities
• Retrieval and encoding
• Information processing is sequential, 1-2-3

Question 3

What are some potentional limitations of this “theory”?

Answer 3

• Explain things like the brain is a computer
• Not much info on how nature and nurture effect developing of components