noun
information processing psychology
Academic field that studies mental processes using the framework of information processing, often overlapping with cognitive psychology.
情報処理心理学は、人間の記憶や思考をコンピューターの情報処理に例えて研究する。
Information processing psychology studies human memory and thinking by comparing them to computer information processing.
認知心理学 (cognitive psychology) is a broader field that includes information processing psychology as one approach. 情報処理心理学 specifically emphasizes the computer metaphor and information flow models.
Compound of 情報処理 (information processing) and 心理学 (psychology). The term is a direct translation of the English 'information processing psychology'.