Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0919 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Information Processing at School Age
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The idea
The information processing approach compares the mind to a computer and describes quantitative, continuous change: children become faster and more efficient.
In practice
A school-aged child choosing what to attend to, holding it longer and using a strategy to remember it.
Where people slip
Unlike Piaget's stage theory, information processing is the work of many researchers and describes gradual rather than stage-like change.
Your place on the trail
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