PORTFOLIO 01-2019 TEACHING PRACTICE I- PORTFOLIO | Page 8

4.Parallel
Distributed
Processing
Approach
It is based on the idea that the brain does not function in a
series of activities but rather performs a range of activities at
the same time, parallel to each other.
According to the PDP Approach, memory consists of networks
of units linked according to varying connection weights; when a
unit reaches a critical level of activation, it may affect another
unit either by exciting it (if the connection weight is positive) or
by inhibiting it (if the connection weight is negative).