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Question 5

Use your knowledge and understanding from across the psychology course to explain how far you agree with the following viewpoint:

"Behaviour is best explained by breaking it down into simple parts."

In your answer you should refer to the theory of reconstructive memory and at least one other area of psychology.

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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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