PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Long-Term Memory, Autobiographical Memory, Problem Solving
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Information processing approaches: perspective on cognition/cognitive development where the human mind is compared to a computer, processing info from the environment perception (input), encoding it in memory (storage & retrieval) and applying info to the solution of problems (software) Mind like computer because: mind is limited in both amount and type of info it can process, mind can be made to be more cognitively skilled through changes in their brains and sensory systems. Mind has 2 main limitations: amount of info it can process at one time, speed at which it can process. Mind solves problems and has flexibility to consider range of factors takes longer to process. Computer is of a singular design programmed to solve certain things very quickly. Four assumptions form basis of information processing perspective: thinking is information processing, that there are mechanisms or processes of change that underlie the processing of information, self-modifying process, careful task analysis.
