schema theory

Question 1

background

Answer 1

schemas are mental representations that organize our knowlege beliefs and expectations. Schemas can influence memory at all stages.

Question 2

types of schemas

Answer 2

social schemas: create foundation for stereotypes
scripts: mental representations about sequences of events
self schemas: mental representations about ourselves

Question 3

study

Answer 3

bransford and johnson

Question 4

aim

Answer 4

to investigate the effect of context on comprehension and memory of text passages

Question 5

method

Answer 5

experiment: independent measures

Question 6

participants

Answer 6

50 male and female student volunteers

Question 7

procedure

Answer 7

participants heard tape recorded passage and were asked to recall it as accurately as possible
five conditions 
no context (1) heard once
no context (2) heard twice
context before 
context after
partial context (less detailed pic)

Question 8

findings

Answer 8

participants not given schema had lowest recall

schema group able to recall the most info