PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 340 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reminiscence Bump, Lexical Decision Task, Flashbulb Memory
27 Apr 2016
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B340 exam 3 chapters 8, 9, and 10. Area of brain more active when looking at personally taken photos as compared to photos taken by someone else: hippocampus. Empirical finding that ppl over 40 have enhanced memory for events from adolescence and early adulthood, compared to other periods of their lives: reminiscence bump. Extrapolating from cultural life script hypothesis, which events would be easiest to recall: graduating from college at age 22, not having child at age 45, retiring from work at age 40, marrying at age 60. Reminiscence bump: ppl who emigrated to us when in mid-30s: had shifted reminiscence bump that coincided with time of their emigration (cognitive hypothesis more likely to remember things of rapid change followed by stability) Flashbulb memory: memory for circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time.
