PSYCH 9B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Flashbulb Memory, O. J. Simpson, Psych
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Are there special processes that affect only emotional memories. What role do emotional memories play in psychoapothology. Do emotions affect the accuracy of eyewitnesses reports. Can false memories of negative experiences be created. Pre and post experience goals and perceptions. Vivid, detailed memories of surprising and important events, as though. But just because we say we remember, doesn"t mean we are accurate. Describe how you first heard the news of the verdict in the oj simpson. 98% said they had flashbulb type memory with vivid sensory details. 79% said they had flashbulb type memory with vivid sensory details. 22% described a different situation than initial. 50% described a different situation than initial. Each of us will remember what happened that day and to whom it happened. We will remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were doing .
