Describe what psychologists mean by the terms schema and script, and illustrate each of these concepts with a concrete example. Then explain how schemas and scripts sometimes play a role in knowledge construction
What will be an ideal response?
A schema is an organized set of facts related to a specific concept or phenomenon. A script is a schema that involves a predictable sequence of events related to some activity.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which is a generalization about the local community that can be made from an investigation of local census data?
A. Our community has no Asian residents. B. The population of our community has grown very little since the last census. C. Our city is named for its first permanent settler. D. More houses in our community are valued at $60,000 to $75,000 than are valued at $250,000 to $500,000.
Which one of the following alternatives is the best example of a socially construction memory?
a. A father is reading a bedtime story to his young son. In the middle of the story, he stops reading and makes up a different ending to the story. b. A teacher says, "Once upon a time, a young farmer ..." and then asks a student to complete the sentence. The teacher asks another student to provide a second sentence that relates to the first, asks a third student to supply a third sentence, and so on, until a complete story emerges. c. As they sip their milkshakes at a local diner, two friends recall and talk about various scenes from a scary movie they've just seen at the movie theater. d. As a boy thinks about his childhood he remembers his best friend who moved away.
An important method of challenging or verifying the conclusions of a previous study is known as
a. meta-analysis. b. secondary analysis. c. replication studies. d. follow-up studies. e. all of the above.