At a school concert, Erin saw a pianist dressed in blue perform first on the left of the stage. A violinist dressed in black then performed on the right. Although a drummer was listed in the programme, the drummer did not perform. Erin later tries to recall the concert accurately.
Which later account would be classed as confabulation rather than distortion?
Erin remembers the drummer playing between the two other performers.
Erin remembers the violinist playing before the pianist.
Erin remembers the pianist playing on the right of the stage.
Erin remembers the pianist playing in a black outfit.
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.