Sir Frederick Bartlett had his participants read a story called "The War of the Ghosts," a rather unique Native American tale from the 18^th century. Participants' recall of the story 20 hours later was _____________ and these results are most likely a result of _____________. A)very accurate; the high distinctiveness of the story B)highly inaccurate; source confusion C)highly inaccurate; the lack of an appropriate schema D)highly inaccurate; proactive interference

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Participants' recall was highly inaccurate because they lacked an appropriate schema for understanding and remembering the unfamiliar content of the story, leading them to reconstruct it based on their own cultural expectations and knowledge.

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