Information Processing Theory

The blog http://jaylordlosabia.blogspot.com discusses information processing theory.  Information processing theory explains acquisition of knowledge in a step-by-step manner. (  http://jaylordlosabia.blogspot.com)  The article discuss the three primary process which are encoding, storage, and retrieval which goes back to the computer model that has been taught about processing in times past.  Briefly encoding is when information is perceived, storage is when the information is stored in the short or long period of times and retrieval is reproducing this information when it is needed.  There are three main stages on information processing which are sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory.  Sensory memory is the first stage of information processing.  The brain receives electric impulses or synapses and process this information for the next part of information processing.  Short term memory is also called working memory.  It is a snapshot of our mind at that moment.  An example is I am in the grocery store buying fruit.  The fruit is the only thing on my mind at this particular moment.  Long term memory is the final stage of information processing.  With long term memory, the information is stored for later user.  In this phase, I can use the same example.  I stored in my memory that in two weeks I have to buy fruit at the grocery store.  Once I am at the grocery store I can recall the information from my long term memory which was I needed to buy fruit.

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