Reference no: EM1324446
1) What are your thoughts on the content of this discussion below as it relates to flashblub memory? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
This person reflected back on the events that occurred on September 11, 2001 and this person will report as many details as they can remember about that day. This person may discuss which details appear to be clearer than others are.
2) Did you notice in this person's remembrance of that day whether any of the details were different than yours?
3) Did this person remember any details about that day that you did not?
In addition, this person will discuss what current research suggests about the accuracy of flashbulb memories.
This is their discussion:
One event that happened on September 11, 2001 that I know everyone remembers is the terrorist attack in America. The Twin Towers in New York were one of the targets; the Pentagon, and the White House were the other targets. I remember well waking up to get my daughters ready for school, turning on the Channel 4 news and then watching the first plane smash into one of the Twin Towers. I remember, saying "what movie is this?", and then the second plane hit the other Tower. I remember waking my husband up; he could not believe what had happened. I remember the firefighters trying to contain the situation, but to no avail. Their lives and other civilians' lives were overtaken by this attack. The reports came from the morning news live and that made it factual. I remember being in total disbelief.
What does current research suggest about the accuracy of flashbulb memories?
Flashbulb memory involves memory for the source of event information as opposed to memory for the event itself( Davidson, Cook, Glisky, Verfaellie, and Rapcsak). They also stated that new studies suggest that flashbulb memories arise simply when a person witnesses events first hand not from any special neural process.