Amara conducted a laboratory experiment on memory reconstruction. Participants spent 45 seconds in a chef's professional kitchen and were subsequently asked to recall as many objects from the kitchen as they could. Some objects were typical of a kitchen setting, whereas others were highly atypical for that environment.
| Category of items | Typical culinary items | Atypical/unusual items |
|---|---|---|
| Mean number of items recalled | 18 | 5 |
Analyse Amara's findings in Table 1 to explain whether they support a prediction derived from reconstructive memory theory.
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.