SECTION B Memory

Question 1

Q5) Describe the phonological loop component of the working memory model

Answer 1

1) Made up of phonological store and auditory process
2) Auditory process allows maintenance rehearsal
3) Connected to LTM for retrieval and storage of information

Question 2

Q6) Suggest one way in which the working memory model might be a better explanation of short term memory than the multi-store model.

Answer 2

Gives and explanation of the different stores in STM

Question 3

Q7) Toby and Sarah both studies AS Psychology at the same school. Toby's class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah's class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both sat their final exam in the school lecture theatre
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? Use your knowledge of explanations for forgetting to justify your answer

Answer 3

• Sarah will perform worse. Ts class have external cues bc in same room. Ss class suffer interference. Explain.
• Ss class-retrieval failure-missing cues of science classroom
• Encoding specificity principles state cues must be present at coding & retrieval or will forget
• Cues provided in classroom environment are not there in the exam environment for Ss class-context dependant forgetting

Question 4

Q8).1 A psychologist was at a concert where someone threw a bottle up onto the stage and seriously injured one of the band members. The psychologist decided to use this incident to investigate the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. She asked 10 people who saw the bottle being thrown, if they would allow her to interview them about this. A week later she interviewed each witness separately in a quiet room and asked them the same closed questions about what they had seen. She recorded their answers. It took her two and a half hours in total to interview the 10 witnesses.

Calculate how many hours it would have taken the psychologist to interview all 1000 people who were at the event

Answer 4

1000 % 10 = 100
2.5h = 150m
150 x 100 = 15000
1500 % 6 = 250 hours

(%=divided by)

Question 5

Q8).2 Identify one type of data the psychologist collected in this study

FULL QUESTION BELOW:

Q8)A psychologist was at a concert where someone threw a bottle up onto the stage and seriously injured one of the band members. The psychologist decided to use this incident to investigate the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. She asked 10 people who saw the bottle being thrown, if they would allow her to interview them about this. A week later she interviewed each witness separately in a quiet room and asked them the same closed questions about what they had seen. She recorded their answers. It took her two and a half hours in total to interview the 10 witnesses.

Answer 5

• Quantitative data was recorded
• closed questions
• can be organised (graphs, tables etc)

Question 6

Q8).3 Investigator effects may influence this study. Explain how the investigation might be modified to reduce these effects

FULL QUESTION BELOW:

Q8).1 A psychologist was at a concert where someone threw a bottle up onto the stage and seriously injured one of the band members. The psychologist decided to use this incident to investigate the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. She asked 10 people who saw the bottle being thrown, if they would allow her to interview them about this. A week later she interviewed each witness separately in a quiet room and asked them the same closed questions about what they had seen. She recorded their answers. It took her two and a half hours in total to interview the 10 witnesses.

Answer 6

• Questionnaire used instead
• Researcher would not have to be present
• Therefore eliminating researcher bias

Question 7

Q8).4 The psychologist submitted a report of her investigation to a journal for peer review. What would she expect the process to involve?

FULL QUESTION BELOW:

Q8).1 A psychologist was at a concert where someone threw a bottle up onto the stage and seriously injured one of the band members. The psychologist decided to use this incident to investigate the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. She asked 10 people who saw the bottle being thrown, if they would allow her to interview them about this. A week later she interviewed each witness separately in a quiet room and asked them the same closed questions about what they had seen. She recorded their answers. It took her two and a half hours in total to interview the 10 witnesses.

Answer 7

• Examine for errors (extraneous/confounding variables or leading questions etc)
• see if results are valid/will be funded
• report will be sent to her on her study