In Bartlett's (1932) study, upper-class British university students tended to:
A)recall "war of the ghosts" verbatim because they had been taught to memorize poems.
B)not attend to the story because it was not about British life.
C)show unintentional distortions consistent with their own schemas.
D)remember better when the story was not given a supernatural title.

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Bartlett's study found that participants showed unintentional distortions consistent with their own schemas. This means that their prior knowledge and beliefs influenced how they remembered and interpreted the story. The study did not suggest that the students were taught to memorize poems or that they attended to the story less because it was not about British life. The study also did not investigate the effect of a supernatural title on memory.

In Bartlett's (1932) Study, Upper-Class British University Students Tended To