Schemas are mental structures that help organize and simplify our knowledge of the world. They come from the Greek word "skhema" and were first studied by Frederic Bartlett in 1932 as part of constructive memory. Schemas are used to categorize information visually based on stereotypes of age, race, gender, and more. An activity had participants look at images of an office and a car collision then write down what they remembered to analyze how schemas influence memory. People tend to remember details that fit their schemas and sometimes fabricate details that belong in the theme.
11. Analysis of the Activity People tend to remember items that fit into the schema. In other words, people remember things which relate through a theme similarity etc.
12. People sometimes tend to remember things because they stick out. This is usually because people are focusing on things that are not actually in the targeted area. It is also possible that people think of things that are not actually there, but they belong in the theme, so therefore the memory makes this part up, so that we do not need to memorize as much.
