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SAQ: Explain schema theory with reference to one study, Supporting…

- - - - The room consisted of objects that were
        typical of offices: a typewriter, paper and a coffee pot.
        
        There were some items in the room that one
        would not typically find in an office - for example, a skull or a toy top.
        
        Finally, there were
        items that were omitted - such as books.
      - Each participant was asked to wait in the professor's office while the researcher
        "checked to make sure that the previous participant had completed the experiment."
        
        In reality the experiment had already started
        
        The recall condition:
        
        The drawing condition:
        
        The verbal recognition condition:
  - - - How their existing schema of what an office should look like, would influence their recollection of the room's items
    - - A schema is an organized unit of knowledge for a subject or event. It is based on past experience and is accessed to guide current understanding or action.
  - - - schema. For example, the pad of yellow paper that was on a chair was remembered as being on the desk. The trapezoidal work table was recalled as
        square.