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Schema
A mental framework we have of what we already know and believe about the world around us
Assilmilate
Changing one’s schemas to fit what they learned
Accommodate
Changing our memories to keep one’s schemas intact and unchanged
Leveling
Involves removing or downplaying details from the memory
Sharpening
Involves adding or exaggerating details
Confabultation
Schemas filling in gaps in our memory
Fredrick Bartlett
Psychologist that came up with the idea of schemas, as well as the creator of the “Bartlett - War of the Ghosts” study that proved his theory of schemas due to cultural unfamiliarization
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychologist that supported Bartlett’s idea and argued that the reconstructive memory implies that eye witnesses to crimes can often be unreliable
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