Article Critique
Summary of the questions
The ways of processing information is based on some assumptions including the fact that information that is available to the outer domain is produced by some processing systems such as attention of the mind, insight and the short phrase memory. Another assumption is that these systems that conduct the processing methods change the information in methodical ways. It is also assumed that the aim of the evaluation is to identify the processes and the organization that underscore the cognitive performances (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015).
The other assumption is that the processing of information in the human beings is the same as that in the computers. The earliest step in processing of information is the sensory incentive in the memory. This can be explained by the fact that all memories happen as a sensory motivation. These things include something heard, seen or felt. One has to experience these things for them to have the information processed. This capability is caused by the sensory memory which is the earliest step in the processing of information. Choosing on what information one can focus into needs the selective kind of attention which is the skill to opt from the many features or the motivation and only to concentrate to only the one that one wants to remove them from other disturbances (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015).
The decrements of the age connected are found in the sensory memory task. This is the capability of retaining the memory in terms of the sensory data after the end of a certain moment. This helps in observing something and recalling of what within an observation second. This is explained that the motivation that our senses notice can be intentionally ignored. These observations gets in the sensory memory while the brain is made to only process the data that will be later used. The amount of information that can be used at any given time is known as the capacity of attention in that it is taking the possession in mind in a clear way. It is the way the brain eliminates some information so as to be left with the important (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015).
The processes that are fast, reliable and are numb so as to up surge in the cognitive demands are the automatic processes. The process on how fast one responds to any given information is known as simple reaction time, this shows that there is only one stimulus and when it happens, one need to have to react with the only response in the simple response time. Biological wear is the factor that most of the scientists think that causes age-linked to slow. Forgetting is a normal factor in the adults. Many injuries that happen to the aged are falls. These falls cause injuries in arms, legs and shoulders. Although the falling does not cause serious injuries, they are unable to get up and this causes them to have pressure wounds. The issue on that knowledge focus can affect the programming of richness is not true, this is because knowledge is a fact that enhances the survival of the human beings and cannot be put aside (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015).
Results
The weakness of this article is the awareness of the fact that as people gets old, they change in different ways. They do not psychologically change but change biologically as their brains age with them. Its strengths are that although there is the brain decline in its functioning, many older people can do tasks as the young people (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015).
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Conclusion
The significance of the article is that it highlights the physical, cognitive and the development of the humans from their early age to their old age. This growth and development happens in specific organs in their life and these changes affects their responses to the daily life approach such as stress and illnesses and the body’s capability to cope up with the other organs.
Reference
Cavanaugh, J. C., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2015). Adult development and aging.
