In an early investigation of memory, Frederic Bartlett asked students to read a story called The War of the Ghosts and then on later occasions asked them to recall the story. Bartlett made a number of observations about how students' recollections of the story were different from the story itself. Which of the following was not one of his observations?

a. Students retold the story in a way that made little sense.
b. Students remembered the main idea of the story.
c. Students retold the story in different words.
d. Students forgot many of the story's details.


a

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