Information Processing Theory

How many stages of learning are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The stages of learning are:

• Sensory register

• Working memory

• Long-term memory

• Central executive

Metacognition is

• thinking about learning

• thinking about thinking

• thinking about language

• thinking about development

The central executive

• regulates what data goes into your memory

• is the central part of the brain

• regulates the type of information you receive

• regulates how long info stays in your short-term memory

The sensory register

• processes information

• is the input from environment

• is where information is encoded for future retrieval

Short-term memory

• processes information

• Is the input from the environment

• is where information is stored for later retrieval

Long-term memory

• is where information is stored for later retrieval

• is the input from the environment

• processes information

Learning strategies for enhancing short-term memory

• chunking

• rehearsal

• retrieval

• visual imagery

• make learning meaningful

Process of IPT

• stimulus - sensory register - attention - working memory - encoding - long-term memory

• attention - stimulus - sensory register - working memory - encoding - long-term memory

• sensory register - short-term memory - long-term memory

What is essential to learning and moves stimuli from sensory register to working memory?

• attention

• stimulus

• chunking

• rehearsal