Developmental Psychology In Memory

Question 1

Dyslexia: AO1

Answer 1

Reading disorder characterised by having particular difficulty w. phonology and verbal STM

Question 2

Dyslexia: AO3 (3)

Answer 2

McDougall (1994)
- reader into 3 ability groups found poor readers had significantly lower memory span for words
Alloway (2004)
- suggest children w. dyslexia have difficulty processing & remembering speech sounds
Smith-Spark (2010)
- adults w. dyslexia had unimpaired spatial WM but impaired verbal WM

Question 3

Alzheimer’s: AO1 (2)

Answer 3

Progressive, degenerative, neurological disease associated w. aging & is characterised by memory/ conc loss, confusion and mood changes
Selectively impairs certain cognitive functions

Question 4

Alzheimer’s: AO3 (1)

Answer 4

Baddeley et al (2001)
- A patients performed worse on difficult distractor task
- suggests dual attention tasks especially impaired by disease