A psychologist explains the inaccuracies in a lifeguard's account of an incident at a swimming pool only in terms of reconstruction from schemas. This explanation can be criticised as reductionist.
State two factors about the lifeguard, or about the conditions in which the incident was seen, that this explanation leaves out but that could affect the accuracy of the lifeguard's account.
84 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 5.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 5.2.1 Multi-store Model structure, 5.2.2 Differences between memory stores; criticisms, 5.2.3 Multi-store Model research study: Wilson et al. (2008), 5.2.4 Reconstructive memory: schemas, experience and expectation, 5.2.5 Reconstructive memory: confabulation and leading questions; criticisms, and 5.2.6 Reconstructive Memory research study: Braun, Ellis and Loftus (2002). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.