Leanne sees a van hit a parked car in a supermarket car park. A police officer asks her, "How fast was the van going when it smashed into the car?" A week later, Leanne says the van was speeding and describes broken glass all over the ground. There was no broken glass.
Explain Leanne's memory using leading questions and reconstructive memory.
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.