War Of The Ghosts Flashcards
What is the aim of Bartlett’s study?
To see how memory is reconstructed when people are asked to recall an unfamiliar study.
What was the method of Bartlett’s study?
Participants were shown the war of the ghosts study.
They recalled it after different periods of time.
Bartlett recorded the recall
What we’re the results of Bartlett’s study?
Participants changed the story.
They left out parts they were less familiar with and changed phrases to ones used in their own culture.
What are three weaknesses of Bartlett’s study?
It lacks control, the results were biased, the story was unusual.
Why did Bartlett’s study lack control?
Participants were not told that accurate recall was important.
Other studies found that recall was better when participants were told this.
This suggests that recall is more accurate than Bartlett concluded.
Why were the results of Bartlett’s study biased?
Bartlett’s own beliefs may have affected the results.
He analyzed the recollections himself.
His belief that recall would be affected by cultural expectations may have biased the interpretation of the results.
Therefore we can not fully trust the conclusion.
Why is the story being unusual a weakness of Bartlett’s study?
Recall of the story may not reflect everyday memory processes as these would be less affected by cultural expectations.
Therefore this study tells us little about everyday memory.
