Ava has often helped her grandfather plant seeds in his garden. She confidently remembers planting seeds during a school gardening activity, but her teacher says she was absent that day. Ava is not trying to mislead anyone.
State what is meant by a schema.
Explain how a schema could help account for Ava's memory and why it is an example of confabulation.
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.