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Of the command terms<\/a> for IB Psychology essays, “contrast” is the hardest to write. Here is an example essay that contrasts two models of memory. Please note – this essay is not written with the intention that you will memorize<\/em> it. That is a highly inefficient way to study. It’s written so you can get ideas on how to\u00a0structure\u00a0<\/em>a contrast essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Contrast two models of memory.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

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Two models of memory that will be contrasted in this essay are Atkinson and Shiffrin\u2019s multi-store model of memory and Craik and Lockhart\u2019s levels of processing model. The primary difference in these two models is that one focuses on the structures<\/em> of memory (the MSM), while the other focuses on processes<\/em> (the LOP). Some classic studies will be used to demonstrate the claims of each model as well.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Restating the question in the opening line ensures at least one mark for Criterion A. <\/em>Introducing the key difference\/s in the introduction shows how you will address the command term \u201ccontrast.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Let\u2019s start chronologically with the multi-store model, proposed in 1968. Atkinson and Shiffrin devised this model by combining a range of ideas about memory that had come from studies during the cognitive revolution. The major claims of the MSM focus on the structures of memory, or the stores. There\u2019s the sensory store (aka sensory register), the short-term store (aka working memory) and long-term store. A&S cite some classic studies that support their claim that memory is not one unitary store, but information flows between these different stores.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Students often ask if they have to remember names and years. My general advice is that it\u2019s not necessary for studies but it does help for theories and models. <\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Claims of the MSM are explained clearly.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The classic case study of HM is one such study A&S cite as support for a multi-store model of memory. HM had his hippocampus removed to treat his epilepsy. While the surgery successfully reduced his epilepsy, it also resulted in him not being able to form new memories. He retained most of his memory from before the operation and he could hold information in his working memory, but he was never able to retain new learning in his long-term memory. This, A&S argued, is support for multiple stores of memory \u2013 if our memory was one single store in the brain then damage to one type (e.g. long-term) would also result in damage to another type (e.g. short-term). HM showed this was not the case.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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HM\u2019s study is easy to remember because of it\u2019s unique details. Be careful to describe just the relevant details and explain how they\u2019re relevant to the question. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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But Craik and Lockhart wrote the first major critique of the MSM in the 1972. In response to the MSM, they proposed the levels of processing model. The central claim of this model is that the deeper information is processed the more likely it is to be remembered. There are three depths of processing \u2013 structure, phonological and semantic. Structural means processing based on physical qualities (size, shape), phonological is processing based on sound and semantic is processing based on meaning. Semantic has the deepest processing and information is remembered best. We can see this is one key difference to the multi-store model because it\u2019s not concerned with the physical storage of memory (like the MSM), but rather what is happening during encoding.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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There\u2019s a slight error here \u2013 the theory was Craik and Lockhart but the study was Craik and Tulving. You probably wouldn\u2019t lose marks for such a minor error, though. <\/em>The model is described accurately yet concisely. <\/em>The linking sentence at the end of the paragraph connects back to the \u201ccontrast\u201d command term.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Support for the LOP model comes from the 1975 study by Craik and Lockhart. The aim of this experiment was to see how processing affects memory. Participants were shown 60 questions and a five letter, one syllable, noun as a possible response (e.g. shark; cloud; crate). The questions were written in a way so that participants either had to select \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d as the correct answer. The types of questions required participants to process the information at different levels.<\/p>\n

For instance:
\n-Structural: \u201cIs the word in capital letters.?\u201d
\n-Phonological: \u201cDoes the word rhyme with WEIGHT?\u201d\u2019
\n-Semantic: \u201cWould the word fit in the sentence: \u201cHe met a \u2026\u2026. in the street?\u201d<\/p>\n

After the questions, the participants were given a list of words and asked to circle those they remembered. The results showed that words processed semantically had the highest rate of accurate recall (80%), second was phonological (50%) and finally there was structural (15%).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Study is described and explained. This is important for Criterion C. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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This is evidence supporting the LOP and C&L\u2019s critique of the multi-store model. They said that A&S focused too much on the way all information travels between stores the same way, regardless of other factors like encoding.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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An attempt is made to keep LOP and MSM connected throughout the essay. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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That being said, the MSM wasn\u2019t just about structures. The model also focused on control processes, such as attention, rehearsal, search and retrieval. Information flows between the stores, they argued, based on these control processes (e.g. sensory to STS through attention, STS to LTS through rehearsal and LTS to STS through search and retrieval). But the MSM put too much emphasis on rehearsal as the primary way information is transferred, according to C&L, and that other factors like depth of encoding are important.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A good essay includes just the relevant information for the point being made. This is why these claims of processes weren\u2019t mentioned earlier \u2013 they would have confused the key contrasting point being made. Including them here helps show knowledge of the model, important for Criterion A. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0Another interesting comparison is the chronology. The MSM came after <\/em>the studies that supported the model, like HM\u2019s case study, the primacy and recency effect studies by Glanzer and Cunitz and the trigram studies by Peterson and Peterson. The LOP, on the other hand, was proposed in 1972 and the main study that supports it was published three years later in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sometimes studies can be mentioned without explaining them, if just mentioning them supports the point being made. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Perhaps another point of comparison is the origins of the theory. The MSM was an attempt to combine a range of ideas that emerged from studies in the years prior. It was hoped the model would consolidate and explain the range of findings coming from the cognitive revolution. The LOP, on the other hand, it would appear was devised solely as a critique of the MSM. The motivations for both models are different.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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These last two comparative points aren\u2019t as strong as the first one, which is why they\u2019re last. Always put your best arguments first and your weaker ones at the end. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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In conclusion, we can see the LOP and MSM both have empirical evidence to support their claims. Whereas the MSM focuses on structures and processes, the LOP is more focused just on processes. They also differ in how and why the theories and studies originated. (Approx. 850 words).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Concise and relevant conclusion. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Disagree with my marking? Have other contrast points that could be added to the essay? Leave a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mr Dixon\u2019s mark<\/em>A 2<\/em>B 5<\/em>C 4-5<\/em>D 5<\/em>E 2 <\/em>18-19\/22<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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