OCR•A-Level•Psychology
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Cognitive Psychology Area
Core studies in cognitive psychology including memory, attention, and cognitive processes
Practice 46 subtopics in Cognitive Psychology Area. All questions match the OCR A-Level specification.
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Cognitive Psychology Area is a key topic in the OCR A-Level Psychologyspecification. This topic covers core studies in cognitive psychology including memory, attention, and cognitive processes.
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Loftus and Palmer (1974) eyewitness testimonyBackground on reconstructive memoryAims: effect of leading questionsExperiment 1 procedureUse of verbs: smashed, collided, bumped, hit, contactedExperiment 1 findingsExperiment 2 procedureBroken glass questionExperiment 2 findingsConclusions about memory distortionResponse-bias vs memory alterationApplications to legal systemMethodological evaluationGrant et al. (1998) context-dependent memoryBackground: encoding specificityAims of the studyIndependent groups designConditions: silent study/test, noisy study/testFindings on context-dependent memoryShort-answer vs multiple choice testsConclusions and applicationsEvaluation of Grant et al.Reconstructive memory theorySchema theoryEncoding, storage, retrievalContext effects on memoryState-dependent memoryMood-congruent memoryForgetting theoriesInterference theoryRetrieval failureMoray (1959) selective attentionDichotic listening taskCocktail party effectFilter model of attentionSimons and Chabris (1999)Inattentional blindnessGorilla studyAttention theoriesMemory modelsMulti-store modelWorking memory modelLaboratory vs field researchEcological validity in cognitive researchApplications of cognitive psychologyReductionism in cognitive psychology
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