Study Schmolck et al. (2002) in Pearson Edexcel A Level Psychology through semantic knowledge, lesion groups, picture tasks, scoring, reliability and validity.
In cognitive psychology, you will have learned about the following contemporary study in detail:
- Schmolck et al. (2002) Semantic knowledge in patient HM and other patients with bilateral medial and lateral temporal lobe lesions.
State one result of Schmolck et al.'s (2002) study.
(1)
AO1 (1 mark)
Credit one mark for an accurate statement.
For example:
- Schmolck et al. (2002) found that medial temporal lobe
damaged patients scored 78.1\% for pointing/naming
pictures (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(1)
Explain one strength and one weakness of Schmolck et al.'s (2002) study. (4)
Strength
Weakness
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AO1 (2 marks) AO3 (2 marks)
Credit one mark for accurate description of one strength and
one weakness (AO1).
Credit one mark for justification of each strength and each
weakness (AO3).
For example:
Strength
- Schmolck et al. (2002) used inter-rater reliability having
14 raters to check definitions on test 8 (1).This reduces
bias and subjectivity in the interpretation of the data
making any conclusions more reliable (1).
Weakness
- Schmolck et al. (2002) used an artificial task where
participants had to name 48 items shown to them as a
picture (1). This task lacks validity as it does not
represent semantic recognition of items in real world
scenarios (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(4)