Assignment Task: AQA A Level Pshycology
A study was carried out by a health authority into memory confusions in people over the age of 80. They found that many people had a problem with short-term memory, but that they had good episodic memory.
Q1. Explain the consequence of this on everyday life, using the multi-store model of memory.
Q2. Describe how the health authority might have obtained the people for their sample.
Q3. Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of this method of sampling.
Q4. Explain one ethical issue that the health authority will need to consider in this study.