Julian and Beatrice both witnessed a minor incident at their corporate headquarters where an intern dropped some items in the hallway. When recounting the event later, Julian insisted the intern dropped a stack of traditional paper documents from a cardboard box, whereas Beatrice was certain the intern dropped an iPad from a leather sleeve. They also disagreed on several other details of the event.
Explain one strength and one weakness of using Bartlett's (1932) theory of reconstructive memory to explain why Julian and Beatrice recalled the incident differently.
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