Bartlett⭐

Question 1

Year

Answer 1

1932

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

Investigate how the memory of a story is affected by previous knowledge.

Question 3

Sample

Answer 3

British

Question 4

Procedure

Answer 4

• Told Native American legend called
  “ The War of the Ghosts” filled with unfamiliar concepts and words

Two conditions
- heard story
Repeated reproduction
- Asked tor reproduce after short time, then repeatedly over days, weeks, months, and years
Serial reproduction
- Recall story and repeat it to another person

Question 5

Results and conclusion

Answer 5

In both conditions:
- the main themes of the story were remembered.
- Unfamiliar elements were changed or omitted to align more with cultural expectations

Their schemas used pre-existing information to affect the encoding and recall of information to create meaning.