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Question 10

Which example shows distortion rather than confabulation?

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A

A witness remembers the robber's red coat as orange.

B

A person describes a childhood visit to a zoo that never happened.

C

A patient fills a gap in their account of yesterday with invented events.

D

A witness recalls a knife that was never at the scene.

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5.2 Theories/Explanations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /5.2 Theories/Explanations

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.

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