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Brewer & Treyens (1981)

Brewer & Treyens carried out a classic study of the role of schema in memory. You can use this study for the following topics: Theories of one cognitive process. Schema theory. Reconstructive memory The original study is available here. text Procedure and results The aim of the study was to investigate the role of schema in the encoding and retrieval of episodic memory. The basic assumption of schema theory is that...


Tags: memory, schema, distortion

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