The Information-Processing Approach

question 79

Multiple Choice

The information-processing approach

• A) grew directly out of behaviorism.
• B) was facilitated by the early research in computer science.
• C) was inspired by linguists, such as Noam Chomsky, who provided extensive analyses about the way that sentences are coded in memory.
• D) is primarily used to explain cognitive development.

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