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According to the specification, what research is identified along with the concept of schemas?
The research by
Bartlett
(
1932
)
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What key aspects should you understand and evaluate regarding Bartlett's research and schemas?
The concepts themselves.
How they differ from the
multi-store model
.
Recent research into reconstructive memory (e.g.,
Elizabeth Loftus
).
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Who proposed the reconstructive memory theory in 1932?
Sir
Frederick Bartlett
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What was Bartlett's central idea about memory?
Memory reconstructs experiences
imaginatively
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Whose experimental research supported Bartlett's ideas and brought them back into the mainstream?
Elizabeth Loftus
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What did Loftus argue regarding reconstructive memory and eyewitnesses?
Eyewitnesses to crimes will often be
unreliable
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How does the text describe the progression of scientific research in relation to Bartlett and Loftus's work?
Bartlett's
unscientific
research
was improved by Loftus
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What is one way that reconstructive memory goes against the typical features of the Cognitive Approach?
It rejects memory as
information processing
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What is a practical implication of the reconstructive memory theory?
It has implications for
policing
and courts
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According to the text, if memory is reconstructive, what question arises?
Can it be trusted to tell the
truth
?
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According to Bartlett, what are the categories that our memory is grouped into called?
Schemas
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In a novel situation like a Japanese sushi bar, what process helps you understand expected behavior?
Developing a new
schema
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What is the term for changing schemas to fit new information?
Assimilate
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What is the term for changing memories to keep schemas intact?
Accommodate
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What two processes does Bartlett use to explain how we change memories?
Levelling
and
sharpening
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What does levelling involve in reconstructive memory?
Removing or downplaying
details
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What does sharpening involve in reconstructive memory?
Adding or
exaggerating
details
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What do schemas tell us when we recall an event?
What is supposed to
happen
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What is the term for schemas filling in gaps in our memory?
Confabulation
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How might schemas influence memory recall by changing or removing details?
To
fit
in
with
the
schema
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What game inspired Bartlett's idea of reconstructive memory?
Chinese Whispers
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What was the name of the Native American story used in Bartlett's study?
The War of the Ghosts
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What research technique did Bartlett use in his study?
Serial reproduction
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What experimental design was used in Bartlett's study?
Repeated Measures design
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How did the length of the recalled story change over time in Bartlett's study?
It was shortened
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What is the term for changing unfamiliar parts of a story to familiar ideas in Bartlett's study?
Confabulated
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What is the term for coming up with explanations for baffling parts of the story in Bartlett's study?
Rationalised
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What is one criticism of Bartlett's study regarding experimental controls?
He didn't use
many
controls
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What is one limitation of Bartlett's study concerning the changes in the stories?
They were down to
subjective
opinion
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In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what did the young men initially go to the river to hunt?
Seals
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In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what did the warriors say when the young man said he had no arrows?
"
Arrows are in the canoe
"
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In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what happened when the sun rose after the young man told his story?
He fell down
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In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what came out of the young man's mouth before he died?
Something black
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What was the year of the Allport & Postman study?
1947
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What was the methodology used by Allport & Postman in their study?
Serial reproduction
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In the Allport & Postman study, what did white participants tend to do after serial reproduction?
Reverse their
appearances
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What did some participants in the Allport & Postman study falsely recall the black character as holding?
A
knife
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In what decade did Elizabeth Loftus revisit Bartlett's idea of schemas?
1970s
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What year was the Loftus & Palmer study?
1974
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What did the film clips shown to students in Loftus & Palmer's experiment depict?
Real
car crashes
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