Individual Differences in Memory

Question 1

What is ‘processing speed’?

Answer 1

The speed at which we can process information differs between individuals

Question 2

What is processing speed and capacity affected by?

Answer 2

Affected by age

Question 3

What does young children having a shorter digit span than older children suggest?

Answer 3

That memory capacity increases with age

Question 4

What does bartlett’s reconstructive memory theory suggest about schemas?

Answer 4

That we all have relatively similar schemas but that these schemas can be heavily influenced by experience

Question 5

Why might individuals with brain damage not be generalisable to the population?

Answer 5

People with damage to the brains are unique individuals and comparing them to the population without brain damage isn’t fair