studies

• when was the schema study of allport and postman?


  1947
• what was the aim of the schema study?


  to see how can schemas distort memory
• what was the schema study procedure?


  participants were shown a drawing of a quarrel on a subway train and were asked to describe it to another participant and so on (serial reproduction)
• what did the drawing in the schema study show?


  a well dressed black character arguing with a rough looking white character
• what were the results of the schema study?


  the description of appearances reversed to the point where the black character was described as holding a knife
• what do the results of the schema study show?


  information is altered through accommodation to correspond to/fit within their schemas
• what did tulving et al (and others) research?


  used PET scans on individuals while they recalled information using different types of long term memory
• when was tulving’s long term memory research carried out? 


  1994
• what did mcguire et al research?


  how london taxi drivers brains change
• what happened to the london taxi drivers hippocamuses?


  they grew in size to fit a spacial map of central london in
• how did the london taxi drivers brains change with navigation experience?


  the longer they were a taxi driver, the larger their hippocampuses were
• how did the taxi drivers brains grow?


  due to the plasticity of the brain - can refashion basic anatomy
• who were the participants of mcguires research?

  16 male london taxi drivers and 50 healthy right-handed males who weren’t taxi drivers (control group)
• what skills did the london taxi drivers have to carry out mentally?


  intricate mental maths, knowledge of london streets which took 2 years to retain