Reconstructive Memory Bartlett

Question 1

Imaginative reconstruction

Answer 1

Actively piece memories together with range of info: schema stereotypes etc
Assimilating- changing details to fit our
knowledge/ understanding.
Levelling- simplifying
Sharpening- highlighting and overemphasising certain details.

Question 2

Schemas

Answer 2

War of ghosts story, used war, death, ghost etc schemas to make sense of it.
Serial reproduction made it shorter and more English.
Part that were forgotten were bits that didn’t fit into their schemas or understanding.

Question 3

Stereotyping

Answer 3

Story- preconceived ideas for it
Allport and Postman gave white participants a pic of a white scruffy man with a razor threatening a smart black man on a train.
Destruction reversed, used black and white schemas, filling in the blanks- confabulation.

Question 4

Intro beliefs

Answer 4

You don’t passively record memories
Memories a combination of new and old knowledge, beliefs and expectations.
Memory isn’t accurate