Psychologists say that it has
''outlived its usefulness''
E.G. Baddley & Hitch's WMM suggests
there is more than one store to STM
Implies that STM is too
simplistic
Many studies have shown that there is more
than one type of LTM (episodic, motor,
procedural, prospective) stored in different
areas of the brain
E.G. H.M. was incapable of making new
episodic memories but could learn
motor skills
Brenda Miller showed he could learn to
do a mirror drawing & improved it
everytime-even if he had no memory of
the learning episode
Not accounted in MSM - supports the idea
that it is too simplistic (LTM is more
complex than MSM suggests)
MSM describes only
one way to retrieve info
from STM to LTM
(Rehearsal)
ppl can remember things without even
rehearsing it - may be funny/sad - Craik &
Lockhart found that semantic processing
improves your memory recall than repetition
More than one way in which info can be transferred from STM
to LTM