Schema Theory

Question 1

Schema

Answer 1

Collection of knowledge about a concept or entity that guides perception, interpretation, imagination or problem solving

Question 2

Scripts

Answer 2

Written pattern of behavior for a certain activity based on the schemas related to it

Question 3

Assimilation

Answer 3

Adding similar information to already existing schemas

Question 4

Accommodation

Answer 4

Editing or redoing a schema after receiving contradictory information, or creating a new schema

Question 5

Encoding

Answer 5

Transfer of sensory information in to memory

Question 6

Retrieval

Answer 6

Using stored information in thinking

Question 7

Serial reproduction

Answer 7

Information passed down a chain of participants with each retelling the story

Question 8

Repeated reproduction

Answer 8

Participant repeatedly recalls same information over time

Question 9

Bottom up processing

Answer 9

Taking in sensory input and using it to understand or form schemas

Question 10

Top down processing

Answer 10

Using understanding to interpret new experiences