Bartlett (1932) asked his participants to play a "telephone game." He showed that:
A)participants demonstrate veridical recall.
B)the errors were consistent with participants' schemas.
C)sentence verification led to the best memory performance.
D)each participant activated a separate associative node.

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Bartlett's research showed that participants' recall errors were consistent with their schemas or pre-existing knowledge structures. This supports the idea that memory is not an exact record of events, but is shaped by our prior knowledge and expectations.

Bartlett (1932) Asked His Participants to Play a "Telephone Game