Dr. Lin investigated how memory changes over time using an unfamiliar, culturally foreign folk tale about a spirit crocodile. She recruited 45 office workers, who read the tale once and then wrote down what they could recall 3 weeks later. Dr. Lin found that the participants' written recalls contained many distortions and omissions.
Using your knowledge of reconstructive memory, explain why the participants' recall of the folk tale was inaccurate.
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.