Eyewitness application

GCSE · Psychology · AQA · P1.M.3 — Memory as an active process: Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study and theory of reconstructive memory

Question

A witness to a robbery describes the robber as "wearing a balaclava and holding a gun." CCTV later shows the robber was unmasked and held a metal pipe. Use Bartlett's theory to explain the witness's account. (4 marks)

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