Reconstructive Memory (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Reconstructive memory theory developer
Reconstructive memory theory developer
Sir Frederic C. Bartlett
Effort after meaning
Effort after meaning
Mental work connecting unfamiliar stimuli to existing knowledge
Bartlett's famous folk tale study
Bartlett's famous folk tale study
The War of the Ghosts
Repeated reproduction method
Repeated reproduction method
Recalling information at increasing time intervals
Shortening in memory recall
Shortening in memory recall
Story becomes progressively shorter with each reproduction
Transformation in memory
Transformation in memory
Changing objects/concepts to more familiar equivalents
Schemas definition
Schemas definition
Mental frameworks/organised packages of knowledge
Fixed info in schemas
Fixed info in schemas
Unchanging elements defining core features of a concept
Mental rummaging
Mental rummaging
Searching stored mental images to identify matches
Reconstructive memory core idea
Reconstructive memory core idea
Memory is reconstructed each time it is retrieved