1 The Information-Processing Approach

Learning Goal 1 Explain the information-processing approach.

The Information-Processing Approach to Development
Cognitive Resources: Capacity and Speed of Processing
Information
Mechanisms of Change
Comparisons with Piaget's Theory

2 Attention

Learning Goal 2 Define attention and outline its developmental changes.

What Is Attention?
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence

3 Memory

Learning Goal 3 Describe what memory is and how it changes.

What Is Memory?
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence

4 Thinking

Learning Goal 4 Characterize thinking and its developmental changes.

What Is Thinking?
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence

5 Metacognition

Learning Goal 5 Define metacognition and summarize its developmental changes.

What Is Metacognition?
The Child's Theory of Mind
Metacognition in Childhood
Metacognition in Adolescence