Bartletts War Of The Ghost Study (memory)

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To use a story from a different culture to see how cultural expectations affect memory

Question 2

Method

Answer 2

1) participants are asked to repeat the story they’ve just heard
2) this is repeated with the revised story to different participants
(None of the participants knew the aim of the study)

Question 3

Results

Answer 3

• the story was shortened by omissions
• language and concepts were changed
• the recalled story became fixed

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

The transformations made the material easier to remember as we filled gaps with knowledge of social situations

Question 5

Evaluations to discuss

Answer 5

• lack of control
• biased results
• an unusual story

Question 6

Evaluation: lack of control

Answer 6

Participants were not told accurate recall was important suggesting recall is more accurate than concluded

Question 7

Evaluation: biased results

Answer 7

Bartletts beliefs may have affected the results so we cannot fully trust the conclusion

Question 8

Evaluation: unusual story

Answer 8

The study doesn’t tell us anything about everyday memory because the recall was affected by cultural expectations