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Study against flash bulb memory - Coggle Diagram
Study against flash bulb memory
Talarico and Rubin- 2003
9/11terrorist attack- day after
Sample: 54 student
GRAVE
-ve:
-ve unethical- protection against harm
not generalizable 54 students
not reliable- self analysis
+ve
ecological validity
informed consent
Task: recall memory of first hearing of 9/11 terrorist attack or recent everyday event
tested again 1, 6, 32 weeks
rated- emotional response to news, vividness in memory, belief in accuracy
results
accuracy for both declined over time
ratings for vividness/ accuracy declined only for everyday memories
correlation bet emotional response and belief in the accuracy of memory later
no correlation bet emotional response to the news and actual accuracy
Conclusion: flashbulb memories are only special in their perceived accuracy.