Reconstructive Memory Model

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  • According to the specification, what research is identified along with the concept of schemas?
    The research by Bartlett (1932)
  • 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).
  • Who proposed the reconstructive memory theory in 1932?
    Sir Frederick Bartlett
  • What was Bartlett's central idea about memory?
    Memory reconstructs experiences imaginatively
  • Whose experimental research supported Bartlett's ideas and brought them back into the mainstream?
    Elizabeth Loftus
  • What did Loftus argue regarding reconstructive memory and eyewitnesses?
    Eyewitnesses to crimes will often be unreliable
  • 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
  • What is one way that reconstructive memory goes against the typical features of the Cognitive Approach?
    It rejects memory as information processing
  • What is a practical implication of the reconstructive memory theory?
    It has implications for policing and courts
  • According to the text, if memory is reconstructive, what question arises?
    Can it be trusted to tell the truth?
  • According to Bartlett, what are the categories that our memory is grouped into called?
    Schemas
  • In a novel situation like a Japanese sushi bar, what process helps you understand expected behavior?
    Developing a new schema
  • What is the term for changing schemas to fit new information?
    Assimilate
  • What is the term for changing memories to keep schemas intact?
    Accommodate
  • What two processes does Bartlett use to explain how we change memories?
    Levelling and sharpening
  • What does levelling involve in reconstructive memory?
    Removing or downplaying details
  • What does sharpening involve in reconstructive memory?
    Adding or exaggerating details
  • What do schemas tell us when we recall an event?
    What is supposed to happen
  • What is the term for schemas filling in gaps in our memory?
    Confabulation
  • How might schemas influence memory recall by changing or removing details?
    To fit in with the schema
  • What game inspired Bartlett's idea of reconstructive memory?
    Chinese Whispers
  • What was the name of the Native American story used in Bartlett's study?
    The War of the Ghosts
  • What research technique did Bartlett use in his study?
    Serial reproduction
  • What experimental design was used in Bartlett's study?
    Repeated Measures design
  • How did the length of the recalled story change over time in Bartlett's study?
    It was shortened
  • What is the term for changing unfamiliar parts of a story to familiar ideas in Bartlett's study?
    Confabulated
  • What is the term for coming up with explanations for baffling parts of the story in Bartlett's study?
    Rationalised
  • What is one criticism of Bartlett's study regarding experimental controls?
    He didn't use many controls
  • What is one limitation of Bartlett's study concerning the changes in the stories?
    They were down to subjective opinion
  • In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what did the young men initially go to the river to hunt?
    Seals
  • 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"
  • In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what happened when the sun rose after the young man told his story?
    He fell down
  • In the "War of the Ghosts" story, what came out of the young man's mouth before he died?
    Something black
  • What was the year of the Allport & Postman study?
    1947
  • What was the methodology used by Allport & Postman in their study?
    Serial reproduction
  • In the Allport & Postman study, what did white participants tend to do after serial reproduction?
    Reverse their appearances
  • What did some participants in the Allport & Postman study falsely recall the black character as holding?
    A knife
  • In what decade did Elizabeth Loftus revisit Bartlett's idea of schemas?
    1970s
  • What year was the Loftus & Palmer study?
    1974
  • What did the film clips shown to students in Loftus & Palmer's experiment depict?
    Real car crashes