Barlett

Question 1

What can this study be used for?

Answer 1

Schema theory

Question 2

Year

Answer 2

Bartlett (1932)

Question 3

Background

Answer 3

• Suggested by Bartlett in 1932 book “remembering”
• our brain structures and organises information in a form of schemas, which are units of knowledge formed by prior experiences.
• Event schemas
• Self schemas
• Object schemas
• Role schemas
• that as we mature, schemas become more complexs and delicate, allowing access to more abstract and sophisticated concepts.
• Assimilation (adjusting knowledge to fit schema)
• Accommodation

Question 4

Aim

Answer 4

Investigate cultural schemas

Question 5

Participants

Answer 5

British participants

Question 6

Experimental design

Question 7

Procedure

Answer 7

• Participants read a Native American story called “The war of ghosts” twice and had to recall it in as much detail as possible
• One group was asked to use repeated reproduction: recall the story after a short time and then on a later date
• Another was asked to use serial reproduction: tell the story to another person
• This was done to expose participants to unknown type of story which didn’t fit the schema of english literature

Question 8

Results

Answer 8

• Leveling: story was recalled in much shorter length
• Assimilation: story became more consistent, fit the schema of a regular British story
• Sharpening: order of story changed as participants tried to make sense of it