Leo suffered viral encephalitis, which damaged parts of his temporal lobe. He can easily repeat back a phone number told to him and keep a conversation going. However, if he is distracted for even a brief moment, he completely forgets the information. While Leo can vividly describe his wedding day from fifteen years ago and still perform complex wood-carving techniques, he cannot remember the name of his new physician or find his way to his hospital room.
Discuss the multi-store model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968) in relation to Leo's cognitive symptoms.
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.