At a swimming lesson, Asha hears an instructor say, “Use lane four”, while other people are talking. Asha focuses on the instructor’s words and quietly says “lane four” to herself several times. At the next lesson, one week later, Asha remembers which lane to use.
State the memory store that briefly holds all the sounds Asha hears, including the voices she does not focus on.
Using the information about Asha, describe how her memory of “lane four” moves from the store identified in (a) to being used one week later.
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.