Three pupils each fail to remember a homework instruction given at the end of a lesson. Pupil X: the fire alarm was ringing so loudly that she never heard the instruction. Pupil Y: he heard the teacher speaking but was looking at his phone and paid no attention. Pupil Z: she could not think of the instruction at home, but remembered it at once when a friend mentioned the subject.
Identify the stage of information processing that failed for each pupil and explain your choice.
37 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 5.1 Key Concepts, covering 5.1.1 Stages of information processing, 5.1.2 Types of forgetting, and 5.1.3 Brain, neurological damage and memory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.