Schemas

Question 1

What are schemas?

Answer 1

Parcels of knowledge or a mental representation about a specific event or object.

We draw on schemas when we tr to remember things in order to fill in gaps

Question 2

How do schemas affect our memories of events?

Answer 2

Schemas help us encode, organise and retrieve information no helps up piece together memories

Question 3

Can schemas affect memory negatively?

Answer 3

Yes, by causing us to misremember, distort, or forget details by causing us to misremember,leading to false memories or biased recall