reconstructive memory Flashcards
who came up with reconstructive memory
Bartlett
what is a schema
organised backdate of information about the world
how does reconstructive memory work
it uses schemas to fill in parts of memory that have failed to be retrieved
how are memory made
what you have seen
schemas of similar experiences
what where the 3 key changes in war off the ghosts
fishing - hunting seals
boats- canoes
blood- something black
who conducted war of the ghosts
Bartlett
what are the strengths of war of the ghosts
-evidence for reconstructive memory
-falsafiable
-proves that memory is inaccurate, eye whitens testimony
what are some weaknesses of war of the ghosts
- the story is confusing and doesn’t make sense, this could have affected the outcome
-doesnt explain how memory are prosed or stored
-it could prove rationalisation not schema theory
what is rationalisation
altering a memory to make it make sense
confabulation
make up info to make it make sense
what did Choen do
5 ways schemas influance memory
-selection and storage
-abstration
-integration and interpretation
-normalisation
-retrevel
what are some positives of reconstructive memory
-supported by war of the ghosts and choen
-aplicable to real life
- explain unreliablitly of eye whites testimony
- falsifiable it what it does but not physically
what are some negatives of reconstructive memory
-bad methodology of Bartlett
-lab experiment lack validity
-reductionist- multi stor modal
