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A level Psychology (Edexcel) - Cognitive psychology, memory theories
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Give a strength of the multistore model of memory (Glanzer & Cunitez)
Give a strength of the multistore model of memory (Glanzer & Cunitez)
One strength of the multistore model is that a laboratory experiment by Glanzer and Cunitez found that participants were able to remember words from the beginning and the end of the list but not the middle. Supporting the feature of the MSM that states STM and LTM are seperate.
Give a strength of episodic and semantic memory (KC)
Give a strength of episodic and semantic memory (KC)
One strength of episodic and semantic memory is that a case study of KC demonstrated that following a motorbike accident, he knew his brother has got married but did not remember the wedding. Therefore supporting the idea that semantic and episodic memory are separate.
Give a strength of the reconstructive memory theory (Ghost folks tale)
Give a strength of the reconstructive memory theory (Ghost folks tale)
One strength of the reconstructive memory theory is that Bartlett found after hearing the war of the ghosts folk tale, participants memories of objects in the story changed to be more in line with their schema, e.g. 'canoe' changed to 'boat'. This supports the idea that memories are reconstructed and this is affected by schema.
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