DEP-3103 Chapter Notes -Frontal Lobe, Information Processing, Structure Formation
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Information-processing perspective: mind is a complex symbol-mapping system. Recoding: switching it around so it can be used/processed. Decoding : interprets the meaning of the symbol by comparing and combining it with other information. Store model: store information in three parts. Long term memory: as information flows through the system, we use mental strategies to operate on and transform. Basic capacity (esp. working memory) amount of information you can store gets bigger as you get older. Socioeconomic status: those in lower ses areas are presented with more information than they can hold. Speed of processing: develops and gets faster (cid:222) means that older children (esp. adults) get much better at holding that information. Executive functioning: quality; set of operations you have that help you organize your thoughts/processing; more able to focus your attention; better able to come up with good strategies to remember information.
