Maya has been to many large church weddings. Last year she went to her cousin's small wedding at a register office, where there were no bridesmaids and the couple wore matching green suits. A year later, Maya confidently describes bridesmaids in pale dresses walking down an aisle, but she cannot say what the couple wore. Each time she tells the story it sounds neater.
Using the theory of reconstructive memory, explain Maya's memory of the wedding.
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.