Essay Questions
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1. Discuss the influence of meaning and schemata on memory. How influential was the work of Bartlett in motivating work in this area of memory research?
2. Discuss the misinformation effect and how it relates to the occurrence of false memories. What is the significance of the misinformation effect and how easy is it to ‘create’ false memories?
3. What are mnemonics and how do they work? In your response, please provide examples from material covered in chapter 11.