One morning at a community garden, Aisha planted three apple trees beside a wooden shed. There were no rose bushes anywhere in the garden. A month later, Aisha recalls the trees she planted as pear trees, and she also recalls watering some rose bushes by the gate.
Which statement correctly classifies Aisha's two later memories?
The memory of the trees is confabulation, and the memory of the rose bushes is distortion.
The memory of the trees and the memory of the rose bushes are both distortion.
The memory of the trees and the memory of the rose bushes are both confabulation.
The memory of the trees is distortion, and the memory of the rose bushes is 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.