An actor silently reads four stage directions and forms a mental picture linking them in order. Thirty minutes later, the director carries out two tests in immediate succession.
| Test | Prompt | Actor's response |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No prompt | Says that they cannot give any of the directions |
| 2 | The first direction, 'open the letter' | Writes all four directions in the correct order |
Using the stages of information processing, explain how each stage is shown in the actor's handling of the directions, and what the two test results show about the actor's failure in Test 1.
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.