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information processing theory  

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  • Information processing theories explain how people work with or perform mental operations on information they have received. These operations include all mental activities that involve noticing, taking in, manipulating, storing, combining, or retrieving information. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Information Processing Theory]

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  • cognitive information processing model

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