Clara's friends are elite drone pilots who fly for 'Aero-Alpha'. To qualify, they had to memorize a highly complex sequence of manual recovery maneuvers from an offline flight manual to pass a high-pressure simulator test.
Clara wants to apply to Aero-Alpha, but whenever she tries to study the manual, her smart watch vibrates with social media notifications, breaking her concentration. When she tests herself, she can only recall the maneuvers from the very beginning and the very end of the sequence.
A rival organization, 'Beta-Glide', has offered her a piloting position that uses an automated flight assist HUD, meaning she does not need to memorize any maneuvers. However, Clara is worried that if she accepts the job with their direct rival, her friends will mock her and exclude her from their social group.
Evaluate how the multi-store model of memory and social identity theory can explain Clara's situation.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
177 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Working memory model, Multi-store model of memory, Episodic and semantic long-term memory, Reconstructive memory and schema theory, Individual differences in memory, and Developmental psychology in memory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.