plumiMemory as an active process: AQA GCSE Psychology questions
Every AQA GCSE Psychology exam question on 3.1.1.3 Memory as an active process, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 16 questions on Memory as an active process, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q04.2 (1 mark): Different factors can affect the accuracy of memory. Which factor did the researcher investigate in this study? Shade one box. [1 mark] A Context B False memory
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): One factor that can affect the accuracy of memory is context. Which two of the following are most likely to occur due to context? Shade two boxes. [2 marks] A W
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q05 (9 marks): The theory of reconstructive memory states that people recreate their memories by actively using what they already know and believe about the world. Describe an
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q02 (1 mark): Which of the following is the correct definition of a ‘false memory’? Shade one box. [1 mark] A A feeling that we have experienced something similar before B A
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q04.1 (6 marks): A researcher wanted to investigate the effect of context on the accuracy of memory. Describe how she could design a laboratory experiment to do this. You need t
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q06 (3 marks): Describe the method used by Bartlett in his ‘War of the Ghosts’ study. [3 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q07 (4 marks): Read the following information. Dan and his Uncle Bill are chatting about the day Dan was born. Dan: “Uncle Bill, what day of the week was I born on?” Uncle Bil
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Which two of the following statements about the reconstructive theory of memory are correct? Shade two boxes. [2 marks] A Cultural and social expectations will
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q02 (2 marks): Briefly evaluate the reconstructive theory of memory. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q04 (6 marks): You have been asked to investigate the effect of interference on the accuracy of memory. Describe how you would design an experiment to do this. You need to inc
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q01 (1 mark): Oscar is learning both French and Spanish at school. Sometimes he gets confused and uses French words when he is speaking Spanish. Which of the following factor
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q05 (5 marks): Bartlett investigated the idea that memory is an active process. He gave each participant a Native American Indian story called ‘War of the Ghosts’. He then ask
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q04 (4 marks): Describe Bartlett’s ‘War of the Ghosts’ study. [4 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q05 (6 marks): Read the following information. A police officer is reading the statements of two eyewitnesses. Both statements describe the same robbery committed by one perso
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q06 (2 marks): Explain one weakness of the reconstructive theory of memory. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q07 (6 marks): You have been asked to investigate the effect of context on the accuracy of memory. Describe how you would design an experiment to do this. You need to include
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