During a cognitive psychology study, Beatrice spent five minutes waiting in an artist's studio. Afterwards, she was asked to write down everything she could remember seeing in the studio. Some of the items she recalled included: an easel, stretched canvases, several paintbrushes, a clay sculpting wheel, and tubes of oil paint. In reality, the artist only uses palette knives to paint, and the studio contained no paintbrushes, clay sculpting wheel, or tubes of oil paint.
Using your knowledge of cognitive schemas, explain Beatrice's recall of the artist's studio.
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.