Linda Carli had subjects read a story about Jack & Barbara. Stories were identical except some subjects got an ending where Jack raped Barbara, while others got an ending where Jack proposed Marriage to Barbara. She found that errors in memory were strongly influenced by the ending the subjects read, so that subjects falsely remembered events consistent with the ending they were given.

This study illustrates which phenomenon?

A. fundamental attribution error in memory

B. automatic processing through supraliminal priming

C. schema-guided memory reconstruction

D. gender stereotyping induced by subliminal priming

C. schema-guided memory reconstruction

Explanation:

Schema is a term that has been describing the structure of the knowledge vastly in memory in neuroscience. The ventromedial cortex role is most important in the schema. Based on psychological information there is a difference between schema structure and knowledge structure.

In this process, the schema has been defined as the four necessary structure and four are very sensitive features that do not frequently play a role in schema functions. So that in the above context every person has a different schema related to Jack raped Barbara. Some ending with Jack proposed Barbara for marriage. This all happened because of the schema guided memory reconstructions.