Chapter 8

The information-processing approach emphasizes that children manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it.

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Memory and thinking are central to the information-processing approach of learning.

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A 5-year-old child and a 15-year-old adolescent can process information at the same speed and in the same capacity.

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Cognitive psychologists often use the computer as an analogy to explain the relation between cognition and the brain: cognition is the "hardware" and the brain is the "software."

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Attention is the focusing of mental resources.

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Children's ability to control and direct their attention increases as they get older.

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Selective attention is the ability to maintain attention over an extended period of time.

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Rehearsal works best for students when they need to remember a list of items over a brief period of time.

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Rehearsal involves learning new things by adding personal meaning to the information.

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Self-reference is an effective way to elaborate information.

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