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The Organisation of memory By Tasneem Sarwar A considerable amount of research has been carried out on the nature and structure of memory, its functions and processes but recently, psychologists such as Schank (1975) have started to conduct empirical studies on the organisation of memory. This essay will examine one of the more recent developments in the organisation of memory, the schema theory. According to Gross (1999) the organisation of memory involves two main concepts. These are …

…theory has provided us with a fundamental basis on which theorists may develop further and use it as a solid grounding and basis for their theories. However, the theory is too limited and vague and does not address all aspects of our complex memory system. Yet, it is evident that schema play an important and essential role in our social and cultural environments and do explain some aspects of the way our memory is organised.