Paper 1: Cognition and behaviour

Which type of memory stores how to ride a bike?

What is the approximate capacity of short-term memory, according to Miller?

Explain what is meant by 'encoding'.

Describe the primacy effect.

Outline Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study.

Describe the multi-store model of memory.

A teacher asks pupils to learn 20 words. Some pupils rehearse the words aloud; others link each word to a picture. (study and data written for this paper) Use your knowledge of memory to explain which group is likely to remember more.

Describe and evaluate the theory of reconstructive memory.

Which visual illusion makes two lines of equal length appear different because of arrowheads?

Gregory's theory of perception is described as:

Explain what is meant by 'perceptual set'.

Describe one monocular depth cue.

Outline Gilchrist and Nesberg's study of motivation and perception.

Explain Gibson's direct theory of perception.

A driver sees a blurred shape on the road at night and slams on the brakes, thinking it is a person. It is a bin bag. (study and data written for this paper) Explain this using a theory of perception.

Evaluate the influence of culture on perception.

According to Piaget, conservation is achieved in which stage?

Dweck's theory is about:

Explain what is meant by 'egocentrism'.

Describe the role of the brain stem in early development.

Outline the method of McGarrigle and Donaldson's 'naughty teddy' study.

Describe Willingham's view of learning styles.

Jodie, aged 9, says 'I'm just not a maths person' and gives up when she gets questions wrong. (study and data written for this paper) Using Dweck's theory, suggest how her teacher could help her.

Describe and evaluate Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development.

Which sampling method gives every member of the target population an equal chance of selection?

A hypothesis that predicts the direction of a difference is:

A psychologist tests whether music affects memory. One group learns words in silence and another with music. Mean words recalled: silence 14.2, music 10.8 (study and data written for this paper). Identify the independent and dependent variables.

Name the experimental design used and give one weakness of it.

Calculate the percentage decrease in mean recall from the silence condition to the music condition. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

Explain two ethical issues the psychologist should consider in this study, and how they could be dealt with.

Explain one strength and one limitation of a laboratory experiment.

Discuss the use of questionnaires in psychological research.