- Information Processing Model Breakdown
What is Information Processing?
In Information Processing, developmental psychologists feel there are two key components that form the basis of this theory. These two components are:
- Mental development is seen in terms of maturational changes in basic components of a child’s mind.
- Humans process the information they receive, rather than merely responding to stimuli.
Component Breakdown
Building the Brain Through Processing the World Around us
Development Through Maturation
- As children grow, their brains mature as well. This leads to advances in their ability to process and respond to the information they receive through their senses. Information Processing Theory “Emphasizes a continuous pattern of development, in contrast with Cognitive Developmental theorists such as Jean Piaget that thought development occurred in stages” (Wiki 1).
Process not Respond
- “According to the standard information-processing model for mental development, the mind’s machinery includes attention mechanisms for bringing information in, working memory for actively manipulating information, and long term memory for passively holding information so that it can be used in the future” (Wiki 1).
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