PSYCH 133B : Week 3
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Children are not passing all kinds of conservation test at once. Other theories don"t have discrete theories like piaget. According to piaget, the answer is resolutely no. Cuz it requires the interaction to environment. Child in preoperational stage will say the second row is more. Cuz their gestures demonstrate certain level of understanding. Information processing theories: basic process, encoding, speed of processing, strategies, rehearsal, content knowledge. For young children, they will do it separately rather than get all the goals in one time not efficient. Types of information processing theories: multi-store model, connectionist theories, dynamic system theories. Sights, sounds, touch, etc. are stored, but only momentarily. Longer if it is being activel worked with or rehearsed. Limited to a particular number of chunks of information (approximately 3-7) Chunk could be larger if it is meaningful. E. g. , listening to a lecture is an example of using working memory. With age faster rehearsal allows greater storage in working memory.
