PSYC 2076 Chapter : Ch 7
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Information processing approaches define, and explain how these approaches differ from. Automatization the degree to which an activity requires attention. One of the automatic processes available to infants and children is noticing how often stimuli go together. This allows them to develop concepts define categorizations of objects, events, or people that share common properties. We even automatically process some basic math concepts. Surprisingly good, they can do simple addition and subtraction. According to information-processing approaches, children"s intellectual development in the school years can be attributed to substantial increases in memory capacity and the sophistication of the programs children can handle. Cognitive growth during adolescence is gradual and quantitative, involving improvements in memory capacity, mental strategies, and other aspects of cognitive functioning. From this view, thinking advances during adolescence result from the ways people organize their thinking and develop new strategies.
