A pupil listens to a recorded first-aid lesson. The recording says, “Cool a burn under running water.” The table shows what the pupil recalled.
| Time of recall | What the pupil recalled |
|---|---|
| Immediately | The pupil repeated the instruction but said “turn” instead of “burn”. |
| Six months later | The pupil said that you should hold a burn under a cold tap, but did not use the recording’s words. |
State what the immediate recall suggests about how short-term memory encodes information.
Explain what the recall six months later suggests about the encoding and duration of long-term memory.
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.