Chapter 4(week 5)(part 2)Processing info theorist Flashcards
Information-Processing Theories
-Piaget’s theory focuses on nature and nurture, continuity /discontinuity, and the active child, whereas
-information-processing theories focus on nature and nurture and mechanisms of change
memory can be used to solve problems
View of Children’s Nature through Information-Processing Theories
The child as a _____
They see cognitive growth as ___
The child as a ____
limited-capacity processing system
They see cognitive growth as continuous
problem solver
Development of Memory
Working memory
Actively attending to, gathering,
maintaining, storing, and processing
information
* Limitations (capacity; time)
Development of Memory
Long-term memory
Knowledge that people accumulate
over their lifetime (think Jeopardy, the
game show)
Development of Memory
Executive functioning
control behavior and thought processes.
via
prefrontal cortex
Central Developmental Issues
How are executive functions applied
throughout the lifespan?
Inhibiting tempting actions
Enhancing working memory
Being cognitively flexible
Figure it out
How to explain memory?
Basic process
(Five things)(first three)
Associating
Recognizing
Recalling
Generalizing
Encoding
Central Developmental Issues
Strategies(name three of them)
Rehearsal
Selective attention
Encoding?
Central Developmental Issues
Content knowledge
Increased knowledge improves
____ of new information.
Prior content knowledge improves
___
recall and integration
encoding, provides useful
associations, and guides memory in
useful directions.
Central Developmental Issues
What would solve problem solving
The use of strategies
Central Developmental Issues
Overlapping waves theory:
Planning:
emphasizes the variability of children’s
thinking
problem solving is more
successful if people plan before
acting
How can we apply information-
processing theories to education?
Research has found that children’s knowledge of numbers when they enter kindergarten predicts ____later.
their mathematics achievement
