Farah is assessed several years after a neurological illness. Her verbal and performance IQ scores have fallen from their estimated pre-illness levels, although both remain in the average range. She can follow an extended conversation and respond to what has just been said. When shown old diary entries, Farah recognises her own handwriting but says she could not have been conscious when she wrote them.
Explain three ways the assessment findings for Farah resemble findings reported for Clive Wearing in Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur's (2008) study.
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.