COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSPECTIVE

JESAH MARIZZ E. BAL

GC 214
 Outcomes
At the end of the session, you should be able to:
1. Define Cognitive Information Processing;
2. Explain the Cognitive Information Processing Perspective; and
3. Apply the Cognitive Information Processing in the educative
process.
 Warm-up Activity
Sharing:

“Give people a fish and they eat for a day, but

teach them how to fish and they eat for a
lifetime.”
 COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY

1. Gary Peterson
 Native Californian, arrived at FSU 1972 in research position; identified
generic undergraduate problem solving skills (CASVE) and developed CIP
Pyramid based on cognitive information processing theory.

2. Jim Sampson, Bob Reardon, Debra Osborn, Janet Lenz and Casey Dozier
 They are also contributors on the CIP Theory
 They are guidance counselors at Florida State University
 COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY

CIP (Newell & Simon, 1970) is a theory that describes how the brain processes
information.

According to Peterson, et al (1991), Sampson, et al (2004), career counselors

support their clients in becoming effective decision makers by knowing how
individuals process information about themselves and the world of work.

Individuals can make better decisions if they are helped to: a) find good job
opportunities, b) pick among them, and c) put their choices into action.
 CIP THEORY PROPOSITION

The aim of CIP interventions enhances one’s

capability as a career problem solver and decision maker
 COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING
(Definition and Concepts)

1. Career Problem
Gap between existing state and desired state of decidedness

2. Career Decision Making

Cognitive processes involved in removing the gap including a
commitment and a plan

3. Career Decision State

Conscious awareness of self regarding one’s career goals and
aspirations
 COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING

4. Career Decision Space

All contextual elements associated with a career problem

5. Readiness for Career Decision Making

Capability to manage the complexity of a career problem
Complexity
Clients' career issues are sometimes the result of extremely complicated lifestyles.
Capability
Clients bring to the career decision-making process a wide range of individual
differences in prior learning experiences and general problem-solving abilities.
 CIP THEORY ASSUMPTIONS

• Career decision making involves both cognitive and affective processes

• Career decision making entails effortful and deliberate thought

• All individuals are capable of making informed and careful career decisions
The Pyramid of Information Processing
CASVE Cycle
Operations within CIP Theory
DECISION SPACE WORKSHEET (DSW)
DECISION SPACE WORKSHEET (DSW)
Wrap up Activity

Are we happy with the career path we've chosen?

Why and why not?
Thank you and God bless us
all!
References
• Applying Cognitive Information Processing Theory to Career Problem Solving & Decision Making retrieved from
https://career.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/imported/storage/original/application/947142effde93a4bf2ea84cba1486
f2a.pdf
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