Question

How do schemas help structure our memories?

Answer 1

Schemas refers to a cognitive frame work which help humans to organize and give interpretations to information obtained both from within and from the external enviroment. Schema guide human cognitive processes and behaviour. Schema helps in structuring our memories by acting as a glue which hold all the information we have gathered together. Shcema is used in recognizing new experience and in relating it with old experiences. Schema affects humans' perception, encoding, memory recall, etc.

Answer 2

Schema is not a physical concept that tells person what to expect from the experiences and circumstances that is stored in the memory. Schemes are used to fill in the gaps of the memory. It structures the memory by organizing the new information and demonstrates how to improve the storage, encoding and revival of memory.