Glossary I
Glossary I
Information processing is defined as the view in which cognitive processes are compared to the functions of computers. The theory deals with the input, storage, retrieval, manipulation, and output of information. the focus is on the development of children's strategies for solving problems, or their "mental programs"
Information processing approach refers to an approach to cognition that uses a computer metaphor in its explanations. Information processing equates cognition with the acquisition, storage, and manipulation of information, for example, what we see, hear, read about, think about through a system consisting of various storage places and systems of exchange.
Information-processessing refers to the way an individual attends to, perceives, interprets, remembers, and acts on events or situations.
Information-processing disturbances refers to cognitive misperceptions and distortions in the way events are perceived and
Information-processing perspective refers to a kind of perspective that views the human mind as a continuously developing, symbol-manipulating system, similar to a computer, into which information flows, is operated on, and is converted to output.
Information-processing psychology refers to the approach to studying cognition that follows in the tradition of faculty psychology and methodological (mediational) Behaviorism and typ
Information-processing theory is a Theory proposing that human cognition consists of mental hardware and mental software.
Informational encapsulation is a property of a cognitive process whereby it functions without drawing on information from other cognitive processes.