Sam often visits a library where a librarian checks out his books at a desk. He later visits a temporary library in a village hall, where visitors scan their own books using tablets placed on tables. Afterwards, Sam says, “I remember handing my books to a librarian at a checkout desk.”
State what is meant by a schema.
Explain how Sam's previous experience of libraries could have led him to remember handing his books to a librarian at a checkout desk.
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.