reconstructive memory

Question 1

define confabulation

Answer 1

lying but believing that its the truth

new information is added to fill in a memory so it makes sense

Question 2

define simplification

Answer 2

retelling information and missing out bits you feel are unimportant

Question 3

define rationalisation

Answer 3

changing the order of the story to make sense of it usually based off of assumption

(may have added detail/emotions)

Question 4

define schema

Answer 4

our understanding of how the world works

Question 5

what story did he read and what people does it come from

Answer 5

Native American story called The War of the Ghosts

Question 6

what did the participants do after hearing the story

Answer 6

made many mistakes during recall because they changed unfamiliar information to make it fit their own culture

Question 7

what did barlett say the reasons were for our confabulation

Answer 7

we tend to ignore information that is incompatible with our existing schema

we remember the gist of events, not details

we used schema based knowledge to interpret current situations to fill gaps in our memory

we use schemas to help guess what happened when we cant remember