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Information Processing
An overview of information processing theory
The theory of information processing was one of the first major new developmental theories to arise during the 20th century. Unlike some other developmental theories, it was heavily influenced by the natural sciences, specifically the development of information technology (IT) and computers (Miller 2002: 276). Within the context of the theory human beings are regarded as 'processing' organisms based upon a kind of technological metaphor for the human brain. The language of information technology is very distinct. "Input -- output' connotes a different sort of thinker than does 'stimulus -- response' or 'assimilation -- accommodation'" (Miller 2002: 272). In the model of information processing, a particular type of information is filtered through the brain via the senses and produces a new type of output based upon the innate structural components of the mind.
Information processing theory could thus be called a kind of 'brain as machine' theory. One model for processing is that of multi-component computer-like...
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