Cognitive psychology 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyReconstructive memoryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: revisionqueen1212Created on: 21-08-20 16:01 What does this theory suggest? That when we retrieve memories we rebuild them as we do so based on past experiences and perceptions 1 of 7 What is a schema? Our mental scripts based on past experiences 2 of 7 What is rationalisation? Where we change our memories to a new one that makes more sense 3 of 7 What study supports this theory? Bartlett found participants recalled stories and filled forgotten information with stuff from their schema. For example, canoe became boat 4 of 7 Why is this theory useful? Because it helps us know that eye witness testimonies are not reliable and also explains why we wrongly recall memories 5 of 7 What evidence conflicts? Brewer and Treyvens. They found that people can sometimes recall unusual memories easily, which decreases the credibility of the theory 6 of 7 Why can't it be the whole explanation? Because it is reductionist as it does not consider the STM and LTM making it less reliable 7 of 7
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