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.