Examples Of Flashbulb Memories
Flashbulb Memories
There are some points in life that one just can’t forget. An unforgettable time personally, was losing the region championship game in basketball. Boom! A snapshot of that moment formed! There were feelings of disappointment, empathy for the seniors, and the desire to have done more. The color of the gym, sensation of shoes hitting the hard wooden floor, and muscle fatigue are ingrained in memory. This snapshot is an example of a flashbulb memory. Flashbulb memories are defined as “extremely vivid, long-lasting memories for unexpected, emotionally laden, and consequential events” (Talarico 1). Some well-known examples would be the terrorist attack in New York on September 11th or the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Kraha …show more content…
They found that the event did not prove emotionally intense or personally significant (Kraha 6). This could be the result of the people they had chosen to survey. The survey participants were members of the North Texas undergraduate research pool. Therefore, the researchers noted the participants may not have been personally connected to this event for two reasons. The first reason was most participants were located in Texas which was far removed from the proximity of the terrorist attacks on September 11th (Kraha7). The second reason was that the average age of the participants was 23 years making them only twelve years at the time of the terrorist attacks (Kraha 7). Given these two reasons, one could conclude that the participants were far too personally removed from this event. Therefore this largely suggests that in order to form a flashbulb memory to an event one has to be personally and emotionally attached to the event. In their study they concluded that “personal significance is more important to flashbulb memory formation than is broad consequentiality” (Kraha
There are some points in life that one just can’t forget. An unforgettable time personally, was losing the region championship game in basketball. Boom! A snapshot of that moment formed! There were feelings of disappointment, empathy for the seniors, and the desire to have done more. The color of the gym, sensation of shoes hitting the hard wooden floor, and muscle fatigue are ingrained in memory. This snapshot is an example of a flashbulb memory. Flashbulb memories are defined as “extremely vivid, long-lasting memories for unexpected, emotionally laden, and consequential events” (Talarico 1). Some well-known examples would be the terrorist attack in New York on September 11th or the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Kraha …show more content…
They found that the event did not prove emotionally intense or personally significant (Kraha 6). This could be the result of the people they had chosen to survey. The survey participants were members of the North Texas undergraduate research pool. Therefore, the researchers noted the participants may not have been personally connected to this event for two reasons. The first reason was most participants were located in Texas which was far removed from the proximity of the terrorist attacks on September 11th (Kraha7). The second reason was that the average age of the participants was 23 years making them only twelve years at the time of the terrorist attacks (Kraha 7). Given these two reasons, one could conclude that the participants were far too personally removed from this event. Therefore this largely suggests that in order to form a flashbulb memory to an event one has to be personally and emotionally attached to the event. In their study they concluded that “personal significance is more important to flashbulb memory formation than is broad consequentiality” (Kraha