Reconstructive Memory Flashcards

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Created on: 29-05-17 15:07

Reconstructive Memory STRENGTH- Bartlett (1932)/War of the Ghosts

Showed 20 students a Native American Ghost Story. It was unfamiliar. Shortened the story from 330 to 180 words. Confabulated details (canoes to boats). Rationalised the story (ghost battle was just a battle) He asked recall over hours, days, to years

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Reconstructive Memory STRENGTH- Allport and Postman (1947)

Showed a picture of an argument between a well-dressed black character and a scruffy white character. After serial reproduction, many people then described the appearances being the other way around. Some even said that black character had a knife.

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Reconstructive Memory STRENGTH- Loftus and Palmer (1974)

Participants watched a car crash and then given a questionnaire with a question like "how fast were the cars going when they hit"? They recalled 34mph, but those who had the verb "smashed" recalled 40.8mph.

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Reconstructive Memory STRENGTH of application

Can help to explain the inaccuracy of EWT and make DNA testing more reliable.

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Reconstructive Memory WEAKNESS of Scientific Credibility

Early studies by Bartlett were in no way scientific. He didn't follow standardised procedures and didn't have a specific scoring system. Bartlett's only measure was counting the words recalled. Thus, his findings were subjective.

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Reconstructive Memory WEAKNESS of Bartlett (1932)

Getting Cambridge Students to recite a Native American Ghost Study is fairly unrealistic and lacks ecological validity.

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Can help to explain the inaccuracy of EWT and make DNA testing more reliable.

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