The theory that cognitive development is like a computer model where the environment provides the input and the human mind is a "computer processor" that encodes, stores, and transforms information to produce some output is called ___________

a) information processing
b) scaffolding
c) assimilation
d) accommodation


Ans: a) information processing

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