Study Bartlett's (1932) War of the Ghosts in Pearson Edexcel A Level Psychology through serial reproduction, schemas, reconstructive memory, reliability and validity.
In your studies of cognitive psychology you will have learned about Bartlett's (1932) War of the Ghosts study.
State one aim of Bartlett's (1932) War of the Ghosts study.
(1)
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AO1 (1 mark)
Credit one mark for accurate statement of the aim.
For example:
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\item[-] To see if memory of a story is affected by prior knowledge.
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Look for other reasonable marking points.
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(1)
State two results of Bartlett's (1932) War of the Ghosts study. (2)
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2
AO1 (2 marks)
Credit one mark for each result accurately stated.
For example:
- A lot of the content was transformed using their schemas such as
'canoes' changed to 'boats' (1).
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(2)
Explain one way Bartlett's (1932) War of the Ghosts study could be improved. (2)
A01 (1 mark),AO3 (1 mark)
Credit one mark for accurate identification of improvement. (A01).
Credit one mark for justification of improvement. (A03)
For example:
- Bartlett could have kept the intervals between recall of the war of the
ghosts story the same for all participants (1). This would have increased
internal validity because the different intervals between recall time
would have not influenced the study (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(2)