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Topic 2: Memory
Quick questions on Bartlett's theory of reconstructive memory and schemas - Edexcel GCSE Psychology
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The theory has strong research support (Bartlett's own War of the Ghosts study and later work on eyewitness distortion) and important real-world applications to how police and courts treat witness evidence. Weaknesses. Bartlett's early methods were not tightly controlled (instructions were vague and recall was scored subjectively), and not all memory is distorted, since we recall important or distinctive events fairly accurately, so the theory may overstate how unreliable memory is.
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What is a schema? [2 marks]
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Name one way schemas distort memory. [1 mark]
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Explain one real-world application of reconstructive memory. [2 marks]
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