21: OCR Memory - Wilson et al Clive Wearing study

Which method was chosen?

• case study

• lab experiment

• natural experiment

• survey

Clive suffered from anterograde amnesia. What does this mean?

• He can't form new long term memories

• He can't form new short term memories

• He can't recall long-term memories

Clive also suffered from retrograde amnesia. What does this mean?

• He can't form new long-term memories

• He can't form new short-term memories

• He can't recall old long-term memories

Which two types of long-term memory were affected?

• episodic

• procedural

• semantic

Clive could still remember how to walk, talk and play the piano. Which part of his brain was therefore still functioning normally?

• cerebellum

• frontal lobe

• hippocampus

Clive explained his memory problems by saying that he had been ___________ until the present moment.

• asleep

• unconscious

• delusional

• lazy

Which theory of memory does this study support?

• multi-store model

• reconstructive memory

Answer explanation

STM was intact - so is separate from LTM

The study's results aren't generalisable. Tick the evidence that best matches this evaluation point.

• It only studied one person. Other people's brains may be different.

• The researchers had to interpret some of what Clive said and did.

• Clive was unable to give informed consent and was occasionally distressed by questions.

• Clive's brain was damaged so can't necessarily explain normal memory function.

The study may lack validity as it was open to researcher bias. Tick the evidence which best matches this evaluation point.

• it only studied one person and other people's brains may not be the same

• the researchers had to interpret some of what Clive said and did

• Clive was unable to give informed consent and was occasionally distressed by questions

• Clive's brain wasn't damaged so may not reflect normal memory function

The study may not be very useful to us. Tick the explanation that best matches this evaluation point.

• it only studied one person; other brains may not be the same.

• the researchers had to interpret some of what Clive said and did.

• he was unable to give informed consent and was occasionally distressed by questions

• Clive's brain was damaged, so may not help to explain normal memory function.