The cognitive approach that conceptualizes mental functioning as analogous to computer processing, involving input, encoding, storage, retrieval, and output of information.
Example: Understanding reading as involving visual input, pattern recognition, memory access for word meanings, comprehension processes, and behavioral output of understanding.
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