Cognitive - reconstructive

Question 1

How does it work

Answer 1

By schemas

Question 2

What are schemas

Answer 2

mental scripts for events, people, situations that are believed to be reconstructed to fit an idealation

Question 3

Accommodation

Answer 3

alter our schemas in order to fit the situation we are recalling

Question 4

Confabulation

Answer 4

use our schemas to fill in gaps about the situation we are recalling

Question 5

Omission

Answer 5

Miss out information that does not fit the schema you are recalling

Question 6

STRENGTH - Bartlett

Answer 6

War of ghosts: when recalling a story, participants are likely to fill in gaps with past experiences (confabulation)

Question 7

STRENGTH - usefulness

Answer 7

Eyewitnesses during court cases and police interviews. Real world applications

Question 8

WEAKNESS - usefulness

Answer 8

This may take evidence against them through sexual assault cases, that all the information cannot be valid

Question 9

WEAKNESS - Brewer

Answer 9

recalling items from an office. results matched the theory except when they recalled a skull, as unusual things can be remembered well - rather than being forgotten as this theory suggests.