Reconstructive memory - Bartlett

Question 1

Schema theory

Answer 1

• determine how we recall something
• templates based on past experiences that we use to fill in gaps
• information input via senses, processed and then interpreted
• used in recognising and interpreting unfamiliar objectd do we can identify it and place meaning to it

Question 2

War of Ghosts

Answer 2

• American native folk tale
• participants read through story twice at normal reading speed
• asked to recall story after 15 minutes and then again soon afterwards, sometime later and a year
• changes in story occurred and it was rationalised in the way they they expected the events to happen

Question 3

What is confabulation

Answer 3

making up parts of the story to make it make sense (making information up)

Question 4

What is rationalisation

Answer 4

making something up to make sense (filling in gaps)

Question 5

Wynn and Logie evaluation of Bartlett

Answer 5

• Lack of control

- Lack of detailed explanation

Question 6

Wynn and Logie experiment

Answer 6

• psychology students recalling their first week at university
• unaware they would be asked for recall
• recall occurred after 2 weeks, 2 months, 4 months and 6 months
• 63 went on with full study
• little reduction in amount of information recalled over time
• less reproduction in real life than Bartlett