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Describe the three different types of long term memory.

Eposodic memory is memory for events we have personally experienced. For example, remembering what you got for your 8th birthday present. Eposodic memory is declarative.

Semantic memory is the memo...

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Answered by Kate P. Psychology tutor
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Explain the Fundamental Attribution Error with reference to research

The Fundamental Attribution Error occurs when a person overestimates the dispositional factors in someone’s behaviour and underestimates the situational factors. For example, if a student performs poorly ...

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Briefly evaluate learning theory as an explanation of attachment.

Learning theory is a credible approach to attachment as it is founded in pre-existing scientific theory, that the association between the satisfaction of needs and the person satisfying the need will lead...

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Explain at least one criticism of studies in which the multi-store explanation of memory was investigated.

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A key issue with research into the multi-store model of memory is the lack of external validity. The participants are given are nonsense syllables to memorise, these would not normally ...

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What is the difference between classical and operant conditioning?

Classical conditioning is learning due to associations formed between a stimulus and a response given. This can be shown by Pavlov’s famous study into a dog learning to salivate when hear...

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