Sir Frederick Bartlett Had His Participants Read a Story Called

Multiple Choice

Sir Frederick Bartlett had his participants read a story called "The War of the Ghosts," a unique tale from the 18th century. Participants' recall of the story 20 hours later was highly inaccurate and Bartlett interpreted these results as being due to _.

A) the lack of an appropriate schema
B) proactive interference
C) ineffective use of elaborative rehearsal
D) source confusion