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Edexcel IAL unit 1: Social and cognitive psychology

Cognitive psychology

Edexcel IAL unit 1: Social and cognitive psychology · Lesson 2 of 2

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Unit 17

Edexcel IAL unit 1: Social and cognitive psychology

2 lessons · 4 h of study

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This unit is ≈4% of the Psychology, across 2 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 2 of 2 · Edexcel IAL unit 1: Social and cognitive psychology

Cognitive psychology

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Describe and compare models of memory, including the structure and processes proposed in the multi-store model and the working memory model.
Explain encoding, storage and retrieval as key memory processes and use them to interpret findings from cognitive research.
Describe and evaluate psychological explanations of forgetting, including competing accounts of why information cannot be recalled accurately.

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Explain reconstructive memory and how post-event information or other cognitive factors can affect the accuracy of recall.

Apply cognitive theories and research findings to unfamiliar examples of remembering, forgetting and eyewitness or everyday memory situations.

Evaluate cognitive explanations and memory research in terms of evidence, methodological strengths and weaknesses, and the extent to which findings can be generalised to real-life memory.

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