Dr.Baker-Finch considers early computers as the "founding fathers" of the developmental theory he supports.He is trying to draw analogies between a computer's hardware and the brain and between computer software and cognition.Dr.Baker-Finch would be considered a(n):
A)psychoanalytic theorist.
B)psychosocial theorist.
C)sociocultural theorist
D)information-processing theorist.

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Psychologists began to wonder if the logical operations carried out by computers might tell us something about how the human mind works.They drew analogies between a computer's hardware and the brain and between computer software and cognition.This line of thinking helped to generate information-processing theory,which emphasizes that individuals manipulate information,monitor it,and strategize about it.

DrBaker-Finch Considers Early Computers as the "Founding Fathers" of the Developmental