AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A flashbulb memory is a vivid, long-lasting memory about a surprising or shocking event that has happened in the past.

Detailed explanation-2: -a vivid, enduring memory associated with a personally significant and emotional event, often including such details as where the individual was or what he or she was doing at the time of the event.

Detailed explanation-3: -Episodic memory is currently described as the memory system in charge of the encoding, storage, and retrieval of personally experienced events, associated with a precise spatial and temporal context of encoding.

Detailed explanation-4: -Flashbulb memories are most likely to form when there is a crisis of widespread cultural and emotional significance. Examples of flashbulb memories include the attacks on 9/11, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle.