Theoretical model

• The human mind is similar to some theoretical models
• Informational processing model suggests information flows through the cognitive system in a sequence of stages: input, storage and retrieval
• An example of a theoretical model is the MSM
• Informational processing is based on the way a computer functions and compares to the human brain
• IPM describes the mind as if a computer, in terms of relationship between incoming information to be encoded (from the senses) manipulating mentally and directing output