Evaluation of MSM

Evaluation of MSM

1. APPLICATION TO REAL LIFE: MSM can be applied to real life as it shows that we remember things by maintenance rehearsing them and repeating the information. It shows that we have two memory stores.

2. SUPPORT FOR MSM: Support comes from the primacy-recency effect. It shows that we remember information more that is either said first or last, such as from the top or bottom of a list. Supports MSM as it proves that the short term memory can only hold a limited amount of information before being processed.

   • Criticisms of MSM come from brain damaged patients such as Clive Wearing. He proved that there are not one but four types of LTM. Clive was able to produce new memories and retain old ones since amnesia, so proving that there is not just a long term memory and proving that the LTM is too simple of a model.

3. OPPOSING THEORY: The opposing theory of MSM is Levels of Processing, which suggests that we have different ways of processing information rather than just maintenance rehearsing it.