CD 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.3: Long-Term Memory
9 Apr 2017
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Information processing models of development depict the working of the mind like the workings of a digital computer: neural features of the human brain are like the hardware of a computer. Structural component: activities and practices that children engage in for purposes of remembering and using info are like the computers software. Programs that are written to process info. Starting point of any problem solving process is the sensory register: this is the input. This is read into short term memory: also known as working memory. Working memory is part of the information processing system: combines the incoming information with the memory of past experiences. Control processes coordinates the ow of info between the sensory register, working memory and longterm memory: determines how information is applied. Control processes are attention, rehearsal, and decision making. Example: learning a home phone number: child doesn"t pay suf cient amount of attention. Wh- questions: what"s happening, who is that.
