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Question
What evidence do we have to say that ‘memory is a constructive process’?
Solution
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Memory is a constructive process as the information that is stored undergoes modification according to past knowledge and schema. Schema refers to the active organisation of past reactions and experiences.
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Bartlett pointed out that the memorised information is influenced by the meaning that is assigned to the stimulus material. It cannot remain in isolation from other cognitive processes after it is committed to the memory system.
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Furthermore, Bartlett also presented some experiments in which the reading of stimulus materials was followed by fifteen minutes break and the participants had to recall what they read. They altered the texts to make them more consistent with their knowledge and transformed the material in a more rational and better way.
Therefore, it can be concluded that memory is a constructive process as the stored information is dynamic and changes or modifies from time to time.
