What research technique did Sir Frederic Bartlett, the British psychologist, use in order to study how memories are manufactured?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Bartlett asked people to read lengthy, unfamiliar stories and then tell the story back to him.
• Recalled stories included a number of errors:
o details that did not make sense were changed or eliminated,
o details were added to make the story coherent, and
o morals were sometimes added to the stories.
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A) what people do when they are alone and unobserved. B) how people feel when they have been rejected by others. C) what people do when they are alone but know they are being observed. D) how extroverts differ physiologically from introverts. E) how people differ physiologically when they are alone versus with others.