Information processing, connectionist theories

Question 1

Name 6 kinds of information processing involved in the information processing theory.

Answer 1

1. Incoming information
2. retrieval of cognitive knowledge
3. retrieval of social knowledge
4. retrieval of linguistic knowledge
5. working memory
6. executive function skills

Question 2

According to the information processing theory, what do the 6 types of information processing compare and contrast?

Answer 2

knowledge

Question 3

According to the information processing theory, knowledge is being compared and contrasted by the 6 types of information processing while attending to what?

Answer 3

the current situation

Question 4

According to the information processing theory, while the 6 types of information processing are comparing and contrasting knowledge while attending to the current situation, what is being monitored?

Answer 4

one’s response

Question 5

How many assumptions is the information processing theory founded on?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

Describe the 1st assumption of the information processing theory. Hint: brain capacity

Answer 6

1. The brain has capacity limitations constraining the amount of speed and efficiency for processing.

Question 7

Describe the 2nd assumption of the information processing theory. Hint: manages information processing

Answer 7

2. There is a process manager or executive function that manages information processing to….

(encode, transform, process, store, retrieve, and use information) LIST THESE LATER

Question 8

Describe the 3rd assumption of the information processing theory. Hint: addresses the “direction”

Answer 8

Processing in bi-directional

Question 9

Describe the 4th assumption of the information processing theory. Hint: genetics

Answer 9

There are genetic predispositions to process information in specific ways.

Question 10

List the names of the 3 stages involved with appraising information according to the information processing theory.

Answer 10

1. Sensory memory stage
2. Short term or working memory stage
3. Long term memory stage

Question 11

What is the sensory memory stage?

Answer 11

individuals may process stimuli bi-directionally using both bottom up and top down processing

Question 12

What is bottom up processing?

Answer 12

Individuals initial awareness and appraisal of the stimulus’s emotional value

Question 13

What is an example of bottom up processing?

Answer 13

Reading facial expressions

Question 14

What is top-down processing?

Answer 14

Perceiving, attending, appraising, and comparing stimuli with long term memories that associate with other stumuli

Question 15

What is an example of top-down processing?

Answer 15

“What have I done in the past?”

Question 16

Name 2 other theories that have formed from the information processing theory.

Answer 16

1. Parallel distributed processing

2. Connectionist theory

Question 17

What is the parallel distributed processing theory?

Answer 17

Information from social communicative interactions being processed by different memory sections of the brain at the same time.

Question 18

According to the parallel distributed processing theory, WHAT is the information from social communicative interactions being processed by?

Answer 18

Different memory sections of the brain

Question 19

According to the parallel distributed processing theory, WHEN is information from social communicative interactions being processed by different memory sections of the brain?

Answer 19

at the same time

Question 20

According to the parallel distributed processing theory, is processing forming or following in a logical order or sequence?

Answer 20

No, because according to the parallel distributed processing theory, processing is NOT SEQUENTIAL

Question 21

According to the connectionist theory, where is memory stored?

Answer 21

in the neural networks across multiple brain locations

Question 22

According to the connectionist theory, when are neural networks formed?

Answer 22

When patterns of neural synapses are activated

Question 23

According to the connectionist theory, what happens when neural networks are often activated?

Answer 23

The network patterns become stronger

Question 24

According to the connectionist theory, what is facilitated when neural networks become stronger?

Answer 24

Memory retrieval and generalization of information

Question 25

According to the 2nd assumption of the information processing theory, executive function manages information processing for 6 different purposes. List all 6 of them.

Answer 25

1. to encode information
2. to transform information
3. to process information
4. to store information
5. to retrieve information
6. to use information