Brewer & Treyens

What was the aim of the study conducted by Brewer and Treyens (1981)?

• to investigate the Multi Store Model of Memory (MSM)

• to investigate working memory

• to investigate the influence of schemas on memory

• to investigate the influence of environment on memory

How many participants were in Brewer and Treyens's study?

• 86

• 186

• 1,086

• 10,086

Which of the following were participants NOT asked to do in the Brewer & Treyens study?

• draw the objects they remembered

• write the obects they remembered

• recognize on a list the objects they remembered

• verbally state the objects the remembered

What type of items were participants most likely to remember from the office?

• all items equally

• items that were not in the room

• unexpected items

• items that matched their schema of an office

Which statement would be the most fitting interpretation of Brewer & Treyens's results?

• Schemas can cause us to intentionally lie rather than give a wrong answer.

• Schemas influence encoding of information but not retrieval.

• Schemas are not activated when we don't know that we will be asked to remember information.

• When information is missing, we

  • fill in the blanks based on existing schemas.