In class SAQ Medium For your next assessment

In class SAQ (Medium) • For your next assessment, you will complete an SAQ in 20 mins, in examinations conditions in class • One SAQ will be selected from two, so you need to be well prepared to answer these questions. • You should make plans for these questions – work together in groups & be ready to present your plan to the class. • Make sure you ANSWER the question, refer back to it throughout your answer, and make sure everything your write RELATES TO THE QUESTION • The assessment will take place on Monday 4 th April

The SAQs: you will answer one of these in 20 mins • Explain how biological factors may affect one cognitive process. [8 marks] • Describe how social or cultural factors affect one cognitive process. [8 marks]

1) Explain how biological factors may affect one cognitive process. [8 marks] COMMAND TERM: • Use Kandel, and the amnesia case studies- HM, Clive Wearing - make sure you make specific reference to the brain structures involved (Amydala, Hippocampus, frontal cortex) and the structure of LTM, you can also include info on serotonin and memory • Make sure you are specifically connecting back to the question being asked, - e. g. • ‘because there are limitations to the case study method, it is difficult to come to concrete conclusions about the relationship between brain damage (biological factors) and memory) • MAKE SURE YOU REFER BACK TO THE QUESTION THROUGHOUT YOUR ANSWER

2) Describe how social or cultural factors affect one cognitive process. [8 marks] COMMAND TERM: • i. e. describe how cultural factors affect memory • This is a ‘describe’ command term, so you should be giving detail about the aims, procedures and findings and conclusions of the studies in order to answer the question • To answer this you should give a detailed account of the research conducted by Cole and Scribner (1974) into the influence of schooling on memory with Liberian children, and Rogoff and Waddel (1982) research with Mayan children. You could also mention that Bartlett (1932) gives some insight into how culture influences the reconstructive nature of memory. The difficulties faced by cross cultural researchers are also relevant here.

SAQ Planning workshop Work in groups of three to create essay plans for these SAQs Remember: • Intro – explain how the question will be answered • Main Body, use evidence to support your argument – connect back to the question • Conclusion – summarize and synthesize. Activity: Create a plan on poster paper, and be ready to present it, and there should also be one person in each group who writes up the notes electronically and email to marshalldy@ismanila. org