Frederic Bartlett
Frederic Bartlett was a British experimental psychologist whose 1932 book Remembering argued that each recall is composed afresh from stored fragments and from what the person expects to have happened.
Who they are
The work of Frederic Bartlett reaches this site through the book listed below. On this site the name is tied to The Misinformation Effect, Memory Consolidation, Working Memory, The Experiencing Self and the Remembering Self, Hindsight Bias.
Key papers
Bartlett, F. C. Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology.
Key ideas
The Misinformation Effect: How a question is worded changes what someone remembers, not just what they say.
Memory Consolidation: The process by which a fragile short-term memory becomes a durable long-term one.
Working Memory: The small, temporary store that holds what you are currently thinking about.
The Experiencing Self and the Remembering Self: Two selves, and only one of them votes. The experiencing self is the one living through the moments, the one that would answer the question of whether it hurts right now.
Hindsight Bias: Once you know how something turned out, you lose the ability to reconstruct what you believed before you knew.
Sources
- Bartlett, F. C. Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology.