It has been suggested that for real childhood memories, highly emotional memories are remembered better than neutral memories.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2018). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [2] Protection of participants (from psychological harm) is important because looking for highly emotional memories might make them recall highly emotional unpleasant ones.
2. [2] Informed consent / (avoiding) deception is important because emotional memories might be unpleasant so they need to know this is possible in order to decide to participate.
3. [2] Right to withdraw is important if emotional memories are unpleasant; participants need the right to stop thinking about them.
4. [2] Interview participants (or their family/friends), e.g. use an unstructured interview about their childhood.
5. [2] Give a questionnaire (to them/their family/friends), e.g. use open questions such as 'Tell me about something you remember from your childhood'.