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Cognitive Approach - Emotion and cognition - Coggle Diagram
Cognitive Approach - Emotion and cognition
The influence of emotion on cognitive processes
Role of emotion in cognition
Emotions involve physiological changes like arousal, which also improve memory
Emotions are adaptive functions that shape our experiences and guide the individual in how to react to events, objects and situations regarding personal relevance and well-being
more likely to remember things from emotional episodes - as emotions connect each other, increasing strength of memory
Flash bulb memory
Assignation of JF Kennedy
9/11
Highly detailed, vivid 'snapshot' of a moment which is high circumstances inw which piece of surprising and consequential (emtionally arousing) news
Memories of highly charged emotional information
tend to be more vivid, long-lasting and accurate than other memories
theorised that these events are maintained in a unique memory store through discussion and rehearsal
importance-driven model - emphasizes that personal consequences determine the intensity of emotional reactions.
rush of
adrenaline
Cahill and McGaugh (1995)
hormones
HPA Axis
Sharot et al (2007)
Brown & Kulik (1977)
Surprise
Consequentiality
Emotion
Neisser & Harsch (1992)
FBM (flashbulb memory)
Quervain et al (2007)
a2b-adrenoceptor
found in the amygdala
promotes memory formation - only if it is stimulated by adrenaline
Acts as a gatekeeper that decides what will be remembered and what discarded by adrenaline secretion
Neisser (1982)
Neisser and Harsch (1992)
Story-telling schema
Kulkosky et al (2011)
Cultural dimensions
Reconstructive memory
The case of
Ronald Cotton
Was convicted of rape and improsined from 1984 to 1995 as a result of the eyewitness testimony given in court.
How did the "victim" get it wrong?
Misinformation effect
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
Yuille Cutshall (1986)
Counteragent - memory is reliable
Bahrick et al (1975)
The addition of details to a recalled event based on an individuals personal experinece
EG - remembering a beach ball when recalling a day at the beach despite the fact that no beach ball was present
