Sam has attended swimming lessons at several public swimming pools. On those visits, swimmers changed in an open communal area and entered the pool through a door directly from that area. At a different pool, Sam changed in a separate private cubicle and entered through a side entrance. The following day, Sam said, "I changed in the communal area and went through the usual door."
Using the idea of a schema, explain why Sam's account might differ from what happened on the new visit.
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.