Question

What evidence do we have to say that ‘memory is a constructive process’?

Answer 1

Answer:

Bartlett” saw memory as a constructive and not a reproductive process. He used the method of “serial reproduction” in which the participants of his experiments recalled the memory materials reportedly at varying time intervals.

Answer 2

Bartlett's Theory of reconstructive memory provides evidence that memory is a constructive process

Explanation:

Memory is a constructive process occurring due to continuous processes of encoding, storage, and retrieval.  

Bartlett proved that memory is active and is reconstructed each time using schema. He used the method of serial reproduction to understand the constructive process of memory.

He stated that schema is an “active organization of past reactions and experiences” and those which can interfere or influence the way new incoming experience or information is encoded, stored and retrieved.

Schema representation of memory by Bartlett proved that memory is an active reconstructive process

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