memory evaulations and studies

Bartletts theory of reconstructive memory

Strength- real world examples

Weakness- not all memories are reconstructed

Bartletts war of the ghosts study

Ppts had to recall an unfamiliar story a number of times or to a different person. Over time their versions became shorter and they used schemas for unfamiliar items e.g. canoe became baat until eventually the version became fixed

Bartletts study evaluation

Strength- external validity- can explain mistakes when discussing other cultures in the real world

Weakness- didn’t use scientific method- no standardisation

Murdocks serial position effect study

Ppts learned word lists of about 10-40 words long and had to recall them. In any order. They recalled the words from the end of the list (recency effect) and the start of the list (primacy effect) the most and forgot those in the middle (evidence of the forgotten stores)

Murdocks study evaluation

Strength- controlled lab study

Weakness- artificial task

MSM of memory evaluation

Strength- research evidence- Murdock

Weakness- too simple

LTM evaluation

Strength- brain scans have identified the different types of LTM

Weakness- The types may be difficult to completely separate