I would recommend the original study by Brown & Kulik, one study that supports Flashbulb memory (Sharot or McCaugh & Cahill) and one that challenges Flashbulb memory (Neisser & Harsch) Evaluate the studies. THIS SET IS OFTEN IN FOLDERS WITH...
In general, flashbulb memories include a strong emphasis on five specific characteristics, including the affect (a person's expression and articulation of their emotions) of the person learning the news and of the person reporting the news.
The amygdala is activated when retrieving flashbulb memories, highlighting the emotion involved with the initial formation of the memory. Specifically, the alpha 2B adrenoreceptors on the amygdala are thought to play a part in flashbulb memory.
This is particularly true of positive flashbulb memories, which are perceived as having fewer or no consequences, which allows for them to decline or distort at a faster rate. In psychology, flashbulb memories are personal memories of learning shocking or upsetting news which can be recalled with considerable clarity.
The recollection of geographical location, activities, and feelings during a monumental or emotional life experience all fall under the category of flashbulb memories. Some common examples of such remembrances include the memory of 9/11 attacks, a school shooting, college graduation, or even the birth of one's child.
Which of the following best describes a flashbulb memory? A memory formed during a emotional event that seems to be very vivid, but is no more accurate than a normal memory.
Flashbulb memories have six characteristic features: place, ongoing activity, informant, own affect, other affect, and aftermath. Arguably, the principal determinants of a flashbulb memory are a high level of surprise, a high level of consequentiality, and perhaps emotional arousal.
This suggests that one reason why flashbulb memories remain so vivid for people is that they are recalled over time. Extra information that emerges when someone recalls a memory can get incorporated into that memory later.
a vivid, enduring memory associated with a personally significant and emotional event, often including such details as where the individual was or what he or she was doing at the time of the event.
Which of these is an ACCURATE statement about flashbulb memories? People perceive these memories as more vivid and accurate than their ordinary memories.
Flashbulb memory is a special kind of emotional memory, which refers to vivid and detailed memories of highly emotional events that appear to be recorded in the brain as a picture taken by camera. You just studied 6 terms!
Storage of flashbulb memories involves the amygdala in the limbic system. The amygdala is a part of the brain that his highly involved in emotion.
Talarico and Rubin's study (as well as Neisser's study) suggest that Flashbulb memories are no more accurate than regular memories. Both of these studies are more robust in their methodology and are higher in internal validity.
If you can, you aren't alone - research has found that most people count their first kiss as one of their most vivid memories, because of the intensity of the emotions involved. Based on these observations, Brown & Kulik proposed the theory of flashbulb memory.
The emotional arousal experienced during the time of the event is what makes flashbulb memories so strong. For example, when a person first learns about the death of a loved one, the sadness felt at that moment is so strong that the memory gets etched in a little deeper than other memories and are stored in the mind forever.
Affect is a person's expression and articulation of their emotions.
This means flashbulb memories stay in the mind much longer and can be recalled with much more precision than other memories. It is believed that flashbulb memories begin to decline around three months after the event and level out around a year later, at which point they remain the same.
In psychology, these are called flashbulb memories, which are memories of learning something so shocking or surprising that it creates a strong and seemingly very accurate memory of learning about the event--but not the event itself. The name refers to the old process of taking a photo.
When the photographer snapped the picture, the flashbulb would go off, thus indicating a moment in time that had been captured exactly as it appeared before him. For example, on September 11, 2001, I could tell you exactly where I was, what I was doing, and from whom I first learned about the attacks in New York.
Activity: the person's memory of what they were doing at the time is also strongly remembered. Who told you: the person who relays the information becomes an important part of the memory. Affect: the person remembers their emotions and the emotions of the person giving the news.
Although flashbulb memories are less affected by the forgetting curve (the rate at which memories decline) than other memories , they are often not as accurate as people believe and can be influenced by a number of things, such as repeated retellings. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.