PSY 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
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For exam: focus on hit vs smashed study. Flashbulb memories: idea of a memory that has been preserved. Detailed memory of sudden, unexpected, traumatic event ( pearl harbor, jfk,9/11,etc) Neisser and harsch (1989): space shuttle challenger explosion. Next day students asked to write down and describe memory of event. Found out major distortions in their memory. So study suggest flashbulb memory is not accurate. Major changes in memory 1 week later. More vivid than other memories, but not more accurate. Researchers create childhood memories as told by family. Never occurred but has specific elements from participants childhood: plausible story. Do you recall this? if so describe the situation. (your brother said that this happened. Asked immediately, 1 week later, 2 week later, etc. First time they say they don"t remember but after sayig that brother said it. Over time, develop vivid but false memory. New details added (not in researchers original story)
