The idea of the schema in psychology is credited to work published in:

1. Several core cognitive ideas have long histories. 2. A schema is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts. 3. The reference given for that idea is Bartlett in 1932. 4. Schemas therefore predate the cognitive revolution of the mid twentieth century. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Thinking and Intelligence', sections 7.1-7.5_