cog essay plans simplified

• MSM strength and CA

  S: evidence in HM - proved separate stores

  CA: not generalisable
• MSM weakness and CA

  W: reductionist - oversimplifies, no account for IDs in developmental psychology

  CA: provides framework for other theories
• WMM strength and CA

  S: Baddeley and Hitch dual tasks - showed capacity of slave systems limited

  CA: lab exp - lack of ecological validity and mr
• WMM weakness and CA

  W: hypothetical elements (CE) - low empirical validity - not falsifiable - not scientific

  CA: other elements (PL and VS) are supported by studies - some credibility
• Baddeley strength and CA

  S: high validity - lab exp - confounding and extraneous variables controlled, cause and effect established

  CA: lab exp = lack of mr - low ecological validity
• Baddeley weakness and CA

  W: generalisability - non random, volunteer cambridge sample

  CA: both genders = not gender specific = more representative
• Tulving strength and CA

  S: Clive Wearing - proved separate stores

  CA: case study - not generalisable
• Tulving weakness and CA

  W: reductionist - not account for full complexity and procedural memory

  CA: allows more detail into two stores
• S+HG strength and CA

  S: validity - confounding variables - cause and effect established = high internal validity

  CA: lack of mr - lowers ecological validity
• S+HG weakness and CA

  W: generalisability - volunteer sample, all Madrid (one culture)

  CA: large sample, male and females
• Reconstructive memory strength and CA

  S: evidence in war of ghosts study - proved reconstruction and schemas

  CA: lack of control - many extraneous variables
• Reconstructive weakness and CA

  W: not scientific - schemas not tangible - can't measure objectively

  CA: various methods used, eg experimental designs provide some credibility
• HM strength and CA

  S: validity - qualitative and quantitative data gathered through triangulated method = internal validity

  CA: biographical data may be subjected to errors in recall = lowers validity
• HM weakness and CA

  W: generalisability - unique case

  CA: gathered lots of info, can develop some understanding