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Controlled vs. Automatic Processing
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Controlled vs. Automatic Processing
Automatic Processing - processing that requires little or no awareness or effort. Automatic processing is fast, but can lack creativity and result in errors.
Controlled Processing - processing that requires significant awareness and effort. Controlled processing is slow, but more creative.
When we are first learning a task, controlled processing is needed. As we get more practice, processing becomes more automatic.
Example: Learning to tie shoes vs. tying shoes as an adult
Practice: Controlled vs. Automatic Processing
Putting the dishes away in your own home, where you have lots of practice, is a task that would use _______ processing, whereas putting the dishes away in your friend's house, where you are unfamiliar with the locations of things, would require ______ processing