What did Brown and Kulik argue?
Aim: Brown & Kulik proposed that some events can be remembered as though our mind had photographed them – what they called flashbulb memories. They also argued that there must be a biological mechanism that led to the creation of these memories, but the following study did not investigate a biological component.
What type of study is Brown and Kulik 1977?
The seminal FBM article is that of Brown and Kulik 1977, which described a questionnaire study in which participants were asked to report the circumstances in which they first learned of surprising, consequential public events, such as the iconic example of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
What method did Brown and Kulik use in their study?
Brown and Kulik (1977) constructed the special-mechanism hypothesis which supposedly demonstrated the existence of a distinct special neural mechanism for flashbulb memories. This mechanism was named “now print”, because it was as if the whole episode was a snapshot and imprinted in memory as such.
What demand characteristics might have played a role in Brown & Kulik study?
Why might demand characteristics have played a role in Brown & Kulik’s interview study? Because the participants were asked where they were when the president was killed, they may have “come up with” a response so as to not appear to be unpatriotic. What did Quervain’s study in Rwanda teach us about Flashbulb memory?
Can flashbulb memories be positive?
Flashbulb memories for the fall of the Berlin Wall were examined among 103 East and West Germans who considered the event as either highly positive or highly negative. In both groups, rehearsal and the centrality of the memory to the person’s identity and life story correlated positively with memory qualities.
What is meant by working memory?
Working memory is the small amount of information that can be held in mind and used in the execution of cognitive tasks, in contrast with long-term memory, the vast amount of information saved in one’s life.
How does reconstructive memory work?
Reconstructive memory suggests that in the absence of all information, we fill in the gaps to make more sense of what happened. According to Bartlett, we do this using schemas. These are our previous knowledge and experience of a situation and we use this process to complete the memory.
Can flashbulb memories be forgotten?
Evidence has shown that although people are highly confident in their memories, the details of the memories can be forgotten. Flashbulb memories are one type of autobiographical memory.
What makes flashbulb memories last long?
Some theorists have argued that part of the reason that our flashbulb memories are so long-lasting is because having such a vivid memory is “proof” of our membership in a particular social group. It would be a poor patriot who could not remember what he or she was doing on September 11 2001.
What is meant by the importance driven model?
The Importance Driven Emotional Reactions Model indicates that personal consequences determine intensity of emotional reactions. This shows a direct link between emotion and event memory, and emphasizes how attitude can play a key factor in determining importance and consequentiality for an event.
What did De Quervain’s study in Rwanda teach us about flashbulb memory?
What did Quervain’s study in Rwanda teach us about Flashbulb memory? Quervain’s study appears to indicate that there are genetic roots to Flashbulb memories. Those that have a variation of the α2b-adrenoceptor were more likely to have flashbulb memories.
What does research on flashbulb memory indicate?
Terms in this set (16) Research on flashbulb memories indicates that. the details of these memories are not very accurate.