Clara and Arjan both watched a street performer's magic act. When describing the event later to their friends, Clara insisted the performer pulled a rabbit out of a traditional black top hat, while Arjan was certain the performer used a red bucket. They also disagreed on several other details of the performance.
Explain one strength and one weakness of using Bartlett's (1932) theory of reconstructive memory to explain why Clara and Arjan described the event differently.
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.