Brewer & Treyens (1981)

Brewer and Treyens (1981) was a study that suggested that schemas affect memory recall and supported the idea of reconstructive memory.
== Aim ==
To investigate whether people's memory for objects in an office is influenced by existing schemas about what to expect in an office (false memory) 
== Procedure ==
* Participants arrived in an office and were asked to wait there
* The office had normal stuff but also random things
* Participants were left there for a little bit then brought down the hall to be questioned about what was in the office
== Results ==
* The participants could remember the things that they usually would have found in an office
* Some remembered things you would find in an office, but weren't in that particular office (false memories)
* Some remembered the unexpected objects
== Evaluation ==
* Not generalizable
* Ecological validity was low; lab experiment
* Immoral - deception
Category:CLOA Studies
Category:Memory Studies