Bartlett (1932) - Edexcel GCSE Psychology

Question	Answer
Aim	How changes with each reproduction and to find out why the information changes
Procedure	* Used folk tale 'the war of the ghosts' serial reproduction repeated reproduction *13 men and 7 women
Serial Reproduction	A piece of information is passed from one participant to the next, in a chain - variations between each version are measured
Repeated reproduction	Participant is given a story to remember - they they recall it at different times - differences between each version is measured
Findings	form - order of events details - information is lost simplification - events are made less complex addition - inaccurate details are put in
Conclusion	Unfamiliar information changes when its recalled. It becomes shorter, simpler and more stereotyped; may be because schema effects memory
Strengths	done many times - showed patterns other stories also used
Weaknesses	Unfamiliar stories used, familiar material show different patterns did not always test repeated reproduction at same time intervals

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