Information Processing Theory

Who Proposed This Theory?

• Jean Piaget

• Lev Vygotsky

• George Miller

• Darcy Mitchell

Where was George Miller born?

• Charleston, North Carolina

• Charleston, West Virginia

• Hartford, Connecticut

• Boston, Massachusetts

What did Miller study?

• History, Speech & Psychology

• Just Psychology

• Only Speech & Psychology

• Just History

People can process ___ plus or minus ___ pieces of info

• 10, 2

• 11, 2

• 5, 2

• 7, 2

What is the metaphor used in this theory?

• factory

• computer

• car

• no metaphor

Miller became famous for his paper "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two"

• True

• False

What did Miller believe?

• the mind should be studied

• computers are smarter than brains

• the eight stages of development

This theory was created to...

• explain how people process info and store memories

• explain how people are like computers

How many different elements go into this theory?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 4

How many different parts are there for processing information?

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 1