WMM

Purpose

Capacity

CE

To accept and redirect info

None

PC

To process auditory info

Limited

VSS

To process visual info

Limited

EB

To store data after

Limited

MSM

STM is one simple component

Has LTM and sensory memory

Full process of memory

Criticised for being too simplistic

WMM

Only does STM

Breaks STM down into more complex components

4 parts of STM

Criticised for only being STM

BOTH:

STM —> LTM

Explains how memory works

Sensory —> STM

Experiments prove claim