Dr. Chen investigated how schema-driven expectations influence reconstructive memory. Participants spent three minutes in a university biology laboratory under the pretense of waiting for an experiment to begin. The room contained several schema-consistent items (such as a microscope and a petri dish) and several schema-incongruent items (such as a toaster and a tennis racket). After leaving the room, participants were asked to recall as many items as they could.
The findings from Dr. Chen's study are presented in Table 1.
| Laboratory-consistent items (schema-consistent) | Laboratory-incongruent items (schema-incongruent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mean number of items recalled | 14 | 5 |
Draw an appropriate graph to represent Dr. Chen's results.
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