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Information Processing Theory
Group of cognitive theories, focuses on how people process information, early versions said brains are computers, knowledge is organized and interrelated
Learning
Acquisitions of mental representations
Assumptions of IPT
unique human learning, formation of mental representations or associations, learners actively participate and control learning, observable behaviors allow inference about mental processes
What are the three components of memory? (Dual store model)
Sensory register, working memory, long term memory
Two paths after sensory register
Attention - working memory or information lost after 1-2 seconds
Three paths after working memory
unrehearsed information lost, maintenance rehearsal to keep memory, rehearsed information gets encoded to the long term memory,
memory
ability to recall previously acquired information (not learning)
Attention
path from SR to WM
Encoding
path from WM to LTM
Maintenance rehearsal
WM
Retrieval
path from LTM to WM
Central Executive
Memory
SR
subconscious, 5 senses, large capacity, stored in form that it is sensed in
perception
the process of assigning meaning to stimuli, we match input to known information
Bottom - up
perceiving the stimulus as is (chocolate chip cookies)
Top - down
applying prior knowledge to interpret the stimuli (Dr. Seuss Trees)
Gestalt Psychology
perception is often different from reality, the whole is more than the sum of its parts, we impose structure on our environment and organize our experiences in predictable ways
4 Laws of perception
Law of closure, simplicity (pragnanz), similarity, proximity
attention
limited capacity
WM capacity
very limited, 7 +/- 2, cognitive load
WM storage
often auditory, also visual, spatial, or tactile
primacy effect
remembering the first things
recency effect
remembering the most recent things (last)
multiple exposures
remembering the most repetitive things