COGNITION
STUDYING AND ENCODING MEMORIES
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Question
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Barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the sunlight reflected off the water.
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Robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again.
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Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment because the day was very emotional for her.
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Kris has stronger memories of her second grade teacher than she does of her third grade teacher because her second grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor.
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Anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Anna’s case was a flashbulb memory because her emotions affected her memory and that is a great example of flashbulb memory.
Detailed explanation-2: -An example of a flashbulb memory is the assassination of the US president John F. Kennedy in 1963 and recalling the moment you learned of the death of Princess Diana in 1997.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term flashbulb memories refers only to those autobiographical memories that involve the circumstances in which one learned of a public event.
Detailed explanation-4: -The TRUE statement about flashbulb memories is: b. Stress hormones may facilitate the storage of flashbulb memories. Flashbulb memories are typically very vivid, detailed memories of emotionally charged events.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following best describes a flashbulb memory? A memory formed during a emotional event that seems to be very vivid, but is no more accurate than a normal memory.