GCSE Psychology Memory 45 page activity booklet OCR New Spec 9-1

Activity booklet for the Memory topic within the new OCR GCSE Specification.
Activities cover the following topics:
Key concepts:
The stages of information processing: input; encoding; storage; retrieval; and output
• Types of forgetting: decay; displacement; retrieval failure (lack of cues).
• The structure and functions of the brain and how the brain works in the formation of memories: how neurological damage can affect memory; the role of the hippocampus on anterograde amnesia; the frontal lobe on retrograde amnesia; and the cerebellum on procedural memory.
Theories and Key Research studies:
The Multi-store Model of Memory:
The structure and process of the Multi-store Model of memory:
• sensory store, short-term memory and long-term memory
• differences between stores in terms of duration, capacity and encoding
• criticisms of the model including rehearsal versus meaning in memory.
The Multi-store Model of Memory Research Study - Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur (2008): Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: delusion, impaired consciousness or coping strategy? (the Clive Wearing study).
The Theory of Reconstructive Memory
• the structure and process of the theory of reconstructive memory
• the concept of schemas
• the role of experience and expectation on memory
• the process of confabulation
• distortion and the effect of leading questions
• criticisms of the theory including the reductionism/holism debate
Reconstructive Memory Research Study – Braun, Ellis and Loftus (2002): study into How Advertising Can Change Our Memories of the Past
Application techniques used for recall
The use of cues, repetition and avoiding overload in advertisements and the use of autobiographical advertising
• The development of neuropsychology for measuring different memory functions, including the Wechsler Memory Scale.
Some activities make use of the OCR GCSE (9-1) Psychology Student Text Book by Billingham and Kitching which teachers may find useful.
There is a bundle of 12 lesson Powerpoints that I have made for teachers that go alongside this work booklet which you can purchase separately.