theoretical/computer models

• theoretical models are abstract whilst computer models are concrete
• one theoretical model is the information processing approach
• Describe the information processing approach as an important theoretical model

  • suggests information flows through the cognitive system in a sequence of stages
  • include input, storage and retrieval e.g. MSM
• What has the computational model of the mind helped develop?

  'Thinking machines' or artificial intelligence, like machines that can hold conversations
• What is the information processing approach based on?

  It is based on the way that computers function