Ella works at a leisure centre where staff put out a warning sign before mopping a spill, and she has followed this routine many times. While visiting a community hall, she sees a caretaker mop up some water. Later, Ella tells the hall manager that a warning sign was beside the wet floor. CCTV confirms that no sign was used, but Ella sincerely believes she saw one.
Use schemas and confabulation to explain why Ella remembers a warning sign.
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.