DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Task Analysis, Lev Vygotsky, Cognitive Development
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Learning goals: what is the information processing theory, what are the underlying processes of the information processing theory, what is sustained/selective attention and how do we measure it, development of memory, development of problem solving skills. Continuous cognitive change; cognitive growth as occurring constantly rather than broadly and abruptly. Comparison between information processing of computers and that of humans: computer"s information processing is limited by its hardware and by its software. Hardware limitations relate to both the computer"s memory capacity and its efficiency in executing basic operations. Software limitations relate to the strategies and information that are available for particular tasks. People"s thinking is limited by same factors: memory capacity, efficiency of thought processes, and availability of useful strategies and knowledge. Cognitive development arises from children"s gradually surmounting their processing limitations through: (1) expansion of the amount of information they can process at one time (2) increasingly efficient execution of basic processes (3) acquisition of new strategies.
