The purpose of a model is to simplify

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References

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 15)

One purpose of models is to simplify. We can appreciate this purpose by considering how we might build a model of the brain.

Backlinks

• Models help explain cognitive psychology
  • We understood cognitive psychology by having models. The purpose of a model is to simplify.
• Which cognitive model should be used?
  • Given that The purpose of a model is to simplify, some models seems to be simpler to understand than other. The introduction of Attenuation model of attention for example feels very complex, but this doesn't necessarily mean that Broadbent's filter model of attention is wrong.