Arthur and Chloe both witnessed the exact same physical interaction between a teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt and an elderly gentleman in a public park.
Arthur reported that the teenager was acting aggressively, cornering the older man and snatching his possessions.
Chloe reported that the teenager was acting helpfully, rushing over to assist the older man who had dropped his map, and politely handing it back.
Using your knowledge of reconstructive memory and schema theory, explain why Arthur and Chloe gave different accounts of the same event.
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.