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Outline one or more studys that shows a difference between STM and LTM |
Peterson and Peterson supported the idea of a limited STM whereas Bahrick supported that of a relatively permanent LTM. Baddeley found that lists of acoustically similar words confused STM whilst semantically similar words confused LTM. |
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Outline research into how age can affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony (EWT). |
Anastasi and Rhodes did a study with participants aged 18 to 78 years. They found that young and middle aged participants where more accurate when identifying someone than older participants |
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Evaluate research into how age can affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony (EWT). |
lack of ecological validity because it was done in laboratory conditions. There is own age bias, for example a older participant would be able to identify older people than younger. |
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Outline research into cultural variations in attachment (6 marks) |
Takahashi did the strange situation in a Japanese setting on Japanese infants and mothers. Found that 32% were securely attached and 0% were avoidant. 90% of observations were stopped at episode 6 because of signs of extreme distress. |
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Evaluate research into cultural variations in attachment (6 marks) |
It was unethical because the strange situation may have been stressful on infants. The strange situation was made in America so may have difficulties generalising to other cultures. |
