Psychology 2135A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Propranolol, General Idea
12 Sep 2016
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Autobiographical memory recollections about our life includes episodic and semantic: eg: remembering your 6th birthday party. What cake looked like, who was there city living in at time, specific date: episodic tends to fade, leaving semantic. A) shortly after a major event, make people write down what they were doing when they heard about it. B) ask same questions, some time later (days, weeks, months) Results indicated that flashbulb memories and everyday memories don"t differ in terms of the amount of detail retained over time. Rimele: shown 60 neutral, and 60 negative (eg car crash) pictures, hour later shown same 60 plus 60 new. Emotional content amygdala activation seems to help memory. Narrative rehearsal hypemoothesis: you talk about these major events a lot more than a random everyday event; this rehearsing does helping memory sink in a little stronger. Memory construction visual perception is like a camera: not true.
