SUBJECT GCSE Psychology
MODULE Memory
ASSIGNMENT Two
STUDENT NAME
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GCSE PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 02
GCSE Psychology Assignment Two
MEMORY
1. Identify the number of participants who took part in Bartlett’s (1932) repeated reproduction of
Native American story called ‘The War of the Ghosts’. Circle the correct answer.
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
(1 mark)
2. Describe one difference between short and long term memory.
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(2 marks)
3. Define what is meant by ‘retrieval’ as part of the process of memory.
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(1 mark)
4. Pablo is investigating the memory of some volunteers. He reads out 20 everyday words and asks
his volunteers to write down as many as they could remember after he had finished reading the
words.
Pablo’s word list is shown in Figure 1 on the next page.
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Train
Stable
Cabbage
Mattress
Uncle
Roof
Question
Cottage
Bargain
Finger
Landscape
Future
Velvet
Stomach
Flower
Gossip
Chamber
Sandal
Warehouse
Village
Figure 1
A summary of Pablo’s results is shown in Figure 2.
A line graph to show the average recall (%) of each word in the word list
Figure 2
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Pablo concluded that his findings supported the Multi-Store Model of Memory.
a. Explain one reason why Pablo concluded this.
You should refer to the Multi-Store Model of Memory in your answer.
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(2 marks)
b. Explain one strength and one weakness of Pablo’s investigation.
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(4 marks)
(Total 6 marks)
5. Describe the difference between reductionism and holism .
Your understanding of issues and debates is a crucial part of this course. You will be tested on
this aspect in an essay question (section F of Paper 1). You will be trying these essay questions
later in the course, but it is important that you understand the issues and debates.
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(2 marks)
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6. Explain two ways in which Bartlett found that “The War of Ghosts” story changed when it was
remembered. (2 + 2 marks)
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(4 marks)
7. What is a standardised procedure?
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(1 mark)
8. Chelsea was asked to go to the shop on Saturday by her mum to buy 10 items. She tried to
remember the list of items by silently repeating them on the way to the shop.
On Sunday Chelsea was asked to go to the shop again by her mum to buy 10 different items.
This time she tried to remember the list of items by saying them out loud to herself
repeatedly on the way to the shop.
Chelsea remembered more of the items on the list when she went to the shop on Sunday.
a. Explain why Chelsea remembered more items on Sunday.
You should refer to Peterson and Peterson (1959) in your answer.
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(2 marks)
b. Explain two weaknesses of using Peterson and Peterson (1959) to explain Chelsea’s memory
of the shopping lists.
Weakness 1:
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Weakness 2:
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(4 marks)
(Total 6 marks)
9. Describe the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia.
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(2 marks)
TOTAL FOR ASSIGNMENT 25 MARKS
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