Memory | OCR GCSE Psychology (J203)
Memory
- 69 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 02
- Component 02
Memory is examined in Component 02, Studies and applications in psychology 2.
It covers information processing and the multi-store model, amnesia and the Clive Wearing case, reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study and memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale.
Sample questions from Memory
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Information processing and the multi-store model
What is decay as a type of forgetting?
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Decay is forgetting because a memory trace fades over time when it is not used. Decay is most often used to explain forgetting from short-term memory. -
Information processing and the multi-store model
How do the three stores of the multi-store model differ in capacity?
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The sensory store has a very large capacity. Miller (1956) found short-term memory holds about 7 ± 2 items. Long-term memory is thought to have an unlimited capacity. -
Amnesia and the Clive Wearing case
What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory?
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Episodic memory is memory for personal events, such as a birthday party. Semantic memory is memory for facts and knowledge, such as the capital of France. -
Amnesia and the Clive Wearing case
Which abilities did Clive Wearing keep after his illness?
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Clive Wearing could still talk, read, write, conduct and sight-read music. Clive Wearing's short-term memory span was normal, and he still knew who he was and that he was married. -
Reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study
What is memory distortion?
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Distortion is when a memory is changed so that it no longer matches what really happened. Schemas, later information and leading questions can all distort a memory. -
Reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study
What was the procedure of Braun's first experiment?
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Undergraduates rated how likely 20 childhood events were, including shaking hands with a TV character at a theme park. A week later, some read a Disney advert about meeting Mickey Mouse, then rated the events again. -
Memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale
How might an advert be designed to avoid overload?
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An advert might show one short slogan, one image and the brand name. A phone number or web address can be chunked so it is easier to hold in memory. -
Memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale
Give an example of a task in the Wechsler Memory Scale.
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The Logical Memory task asks a person to recall a short story straight after hearing it. The person recalls the story again after a delay to test longer-term memory.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Information processing and the multi-store model | Input, encoding, storage, retrieval and output, decay, displacement and retrieval failure, and the duration, capacity and encoding of the three stores of the multi-store model. | 17 |
| Amnesia and the Clive Wearing case | Anterograde and retrograde amnesia, the hippocampus, frontal lobe and cerebellum, episodic, semantic and procedural memory, and Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur's study of Clive Wearing. | 18 |
| Reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study | Schemas, expectation, confabulation and distortion, leading questions and Loftus and Palmer, and Braun's study of adverts creating false memories of meeting Bugs Bunny. | 18 |
| Memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale | Cues, repetition, information overload and autobiographical advertising, and the Wechsler Memory Scale as a neuropsychological measure of memory functions. | 16 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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