AQA GCSE Psychology Paper 1 8182/1 | Mark Scheme 2025

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PSYCHOLOGY
Paper1 CognitionandBehaviour b b b b




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 The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
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 Question 21 is a synoptic question in which you will be rewarded for your ability to draw together differe
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nt areas of knowledge and understanding from across the full course of study.
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Memory

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0 1 Which one of the following statements is not a feature of the multi-
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store model of memory?
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term memory to long-term memory.
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C Short-term memory has a capacity of 5–9 items. b b b b b b b




D There are four long-term memory stores.
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store model of memory has been criticised. Briefly evalu
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ate the multi-store model of memory.
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0 3 What is meant by ‘retrieval’ as a process of memory?
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