issues and debates (pack 3)

Question 1

ethics

Answer 1

H.M and confidentiality

Question 2

practical issues in the design and implementation of research

Answer 2

how to measure memory and the validity of experimental design

Question 3

reductionism

Answer 3

under-emphasis on the interconnections between parts of the brain in favour of individual parts responsible for memory

artificially breaking memory up into LTM and STM for study

Question 4

comparisons of ways of explaining behaviour using different themes

Answer 4

the different memory models

Question 5

psychology as a science

Answer 5

lab experiments and controls

Question 6

culture and gender

Answer 6

how memory is reconstructed based on cultural differences or gender stereotypes

or differences in digit span cross-culturally for S&HG

Question 7

nature-nurture

Answer 7

HM and brain function=nature

reconstructive memory emphasises experiences=nurture

Question 8

an understanding of how psychological understanding has developed over time

Answer 8

development of the WMM over time
how the MSM informed later models of memory

Question 9

issues of social control

Answer 9

perhaps using understanding of memory in court situations

Question 10

the use of psychological knowledge in society

Answer 10

using understanding of memory to help with memory ‘loss’ for example a memory bus

Question 11

issues relating to socially sensitive research

Answer 11

memory loss related to dementia is socially sensitive for the individual