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RQ: To what extent is flashbulb memories reliable in eye witness…
RQ:
To what extent is flashbulb memories reliable in eye witness testimony?
Argument:
Flashbulb memories are reliable to a certain extent in eyewitness testimonies if certain precautions are taken.
Malleability of memory
Information obtained during event vs. obtained after event
Loftus and Palmer
leading questions
post-event information
Trauma and FBMs (omission and commision)
Galea et al. (2002)
schema theory in eye witness testimonies
Tuckey and Brewer (2003)
Reconstructive memory
Bartlett (1932)
Weapon focus
Maass
and Kohnen (1989)
Accuracy of FBM
Perceived vs. actual accuracy
Talarico and Rubin (2003)
Rehearsal: media vs. personal
Confidence ≠ accuracy
Neissar and Harsch (1992)
Echterhoff & Hirst (2006)
What are FBM?
Brown and Kulik (1977)
Phelps (amygdala)
the brain, emotion and FBM
Difficulties and ethical considerations in investigating FBM
MacKay et al. (2004)
inducing trauma, natural events, difficult to control extraneous variables (rehearsal, elaboration, repeating information to others)
latency
Precautions to ensure reliability
media
distinction between reliability and mallebility
initial vs. subsequent memory tests