Essay On Flashbulb Memory
The phenomena being tested is the delay between experiencing a significant event and recording people’s flashbulb memories. The study recorded measures of some people between four and twenty four hours after September eleventh and memories of other people ten days after. Participants took a comphensive flashbulb memory questionnaire designed by another researcher. The independent variable is the male and female students. The dependent variables is the questionnaires and scales. The study began with fourteen thousand and eighty one participants who were students. Six hundred and ninety seven participants who were part of the first group were given a questionnaire between four and twenty four hours after the attack. The second group was given
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The number of words were counted based on the participant’s description. The responses weren’t included who didn’t write a response or if it was more words written than other participants. The results indicate wrote more words in two thousand and one than the following April. Which is consistent with other studies of flashbulb memories. Also, the participants who completed the questionnaire ten days after the attack used more words when they first learned about the attack. The group. Researchers argued that participants who completed the questionnaire ten days after September eleventh had more time to retrieve memories as a result of discussions with others and media. The emotional arousal was summed up all the participants into one score. A zero meant the participant had no emotional arousal and twenty was intense emotion. Group one who completed the questionnaire twenty four hours had higher levels of emotional arousal than the ten days later group. The participants who completed the questionnaire in April reported lower emotional arousal. The findings show that emotional arousal from an event can decrease quickly. The memories were scored on a scale. One hundr4ed and forty two participants who completed the questionnaire in two thousand one and April were included. More than thirty percent of the participants provided inaccurate information. More than ten percent couldn’t recall where they were. A composite score for the percentage of memories were considered flashbulb. Sixty six point five percent of participants demonstrated flashbulb memories. Compared to other studies this shows poor
The number of words were counted based on the participant’s description. The responses weren’t included who didn’t write a response or if it was more words written than other participants. The results indicate wrote more words in two thousand and one than the following April. Which is consistent with other studies of flashbulb memories. Also, the participants who completed the questionnaire ten days after the attack used more words when they first learned about the attack. The group. Researchers argued that participants who completed the questionnaire ten days after September eleventh had more time to retrieve memories as a result of discussions with others and media. The emotional arousal was summed up all the participants into one score. A zero meant the participant had no emotional arousal and twenty was intense emotion. Group one who completed the questionnaire twenty four hours had higher levels of emotional arousal than the ten days later group. The participants who completed the questionnaire in April reported lower emotional arousal. The findings show that emotional arousal from an event can decrease quickly. The memories were scored on a scale. One hundr4ed and forty two participants who completed the questionnaire in two thousand one and April were included. More than thirty percent of the participants provided inaccurate information. More than ten percent couldn’t recall where they were. A composite score for the percentage of memories were considered flashbulb. Sixty six point five percent of participants demonstrated flashbulb memories. Compared to other studies this shows poor