Information-Processing+Approach

toc = Definition: = A framework for studying memory that uses the computer as a model of human cognitive processes. Gen Psych, Chapter 6, Pg. 168

An analysis of human cognition into a set of steps whereby abstract information is processed

Information made available by the environment is processed by a series of processing systems. These processing systems transform or alter the information in systematic ways. information processing in humans resembles that in computers.

= Examples: = an example could be like learning in school. When the teacher puts stuff on the board and teaches the kids the information needs to be put throw a processing system and then stored for future use.

= Analogies: = like the brain is the processor in a human the cpu is the processor in a computer, they are practically the same thing in terms of information processing.

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