PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

MEMORY AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Flashbulb memory theory, which emotion is responsible for the creation of these memories?
A
Surprise
B
Anger
C
Sadness
D
Disgust
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Flashbulb memory theory, which emotion is responsible for the creation of these memories? Surprise. What is meant by the importance-driven model? The importance drive model goes further than the original theory that proposed that surprise is responsible for the creation of flashbulb memories.

Detailed explanation-2: -The idea of flashbulb memory was first proposed in 1977 by psychologists Roger Brown, PhD, and James Kulik, PhD, who posited that these memories are so emotionally important to us that they’re laid down as vividly, completely and accurately as a photograph. But that idea remains hotly debated today.

Detailed explanation-3: -A flashbulb memory is an accurate and exceptionally vivid long-lasting memory for the circumstances surrounding learning about a dramatic event. Flashbulb Memories are memories that are affected by our emotional state.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the reasons that flashbulb memories are so strong is because of the emotional arousal caused by hearing the news, which makes the memory become etched into the mind much stronger than other memories might be.

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