Theoretical and Cognitive Models

• Takes behaviours, looks at the thought processes that happens behind the scenes
• Describes the processes in a series of distinct steps, structures or processes - produce a model of what's going on
• Pictorial in nature - represented by boxes and arrows that indicate what's going on

  Example - multistore model of memory and working model memory - simplified representations of how memory is structured and how it works
• Components can be tested individually and examined in detail
• Cognitive model can be a work in progress, changed, updated and refined in the light of evidence