Title
Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology
Files
Description
Bartlett, F. Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology. Cambridge University Press, 1967
In his major work, Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology (1932), Bartlett advanced the concept that memories of past events and experiences are actually mental reconstructions that are colored by cultural attitudes and personal habits, rather than being direct recollections of observations made at the time. In experiments beginning in 1914, Bartlett showed that very little of an event is actually perceived at the time of its occurrence but that, in reconstructing the memory, gaps in observation or perception are filled in with the aid of previous experiences. A later work, Thinking: An Experimental and Social Study (1958), broke no new theoretical ground but added observations on the social character of human thinking.
Publication Date
1967
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge, MA
Keywords
memory, cognitive science
Recommended Citation
Bartlett, Frederic, "Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology" (1967). Jason W. Brown Library. 23.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/jason-brown-library/23