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To what extent has research into reconstructive memory helped our understating of EWT
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To what extent has research into reconstructive memory helped our understating of EWT Reconstructive memory refers to the fact that fragments of stored information are reassembled during recall, and the gaps are filled in by our expectations and beliefs to produce a coherent narrative. Bartlett proposed that memory is an active process. We store fragments of information an when we need to recall something; we reconstruct these fragments into a meaningful whole. This reconstruction leads to inaccuracy. Most importantly our past experience, beliefs and expectations shape the way we reconstruct memory. Past experiences are stored as schema. Schemas are influenced by cultural expectations as well as personal experiences. A study of reconstructive memory carried out by Bartlett, 1932-Bartlett showed a story 'The war of the ghosts', to a participant and asked them to repeat it back shortly thereafter and then repeatedly over weeks, months and years. A key feature of the stimulus material...
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