When hearing the word schema people would not be able to explain what it means, and not realize that they use it in their everyday life. However it’s simple, schema is a concept that helps organize and interpret information. Schemas can be useful, because they allow us to take shortcuts in understanding a large amount of information. However, the concept can also cause us to reject relevant information in favor of information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs and ideas. Schemas can contribute to stereotypes and make it difficult to recall new information. So in order to understand schemas and the effects it has on a person’s life I formed a small case study.
To start with, when starting the project, I first asked 10 participants who are in my family as well as my friends to help me in a project for psychology. Secondly I told the participants “I’m going to recite 12 words to you and show you those words at the same time.” The words were: Rest, Tired, Awake, Dream, Snore, Bed, Eat, Slumber, Sound, Comfort, Wake, and Night. After reciting the words I asked each participants what their name, age, and occupation was and when I went back to the list of words it seemed as all the words I recited to them didn’t matter, since they were more focused on the series of questions I asked 30 seconds after reciting the words. Next, I had asked the participants to write all the words they could remember within two minutes, but almost all ten participants had given up within a minute, since they were unable to recall all twelve words. The next thing I did was asked them, “do you recall the word ARDVARK among the series of words?” and many responded no, with the confused expression. I had then followed up with a second question, “did you recall the word sleep?” every individual who was a part of the study recalled the word sleep. Another common mistake that the subjects made,