Monday, December 5, 2011

Talarico & Rubin (2003)

Talarico & Rubin set out to find out the difference between regular ordinary everyday memories and FB memories.

Procedure: They asked participants to recall the events of September 11, 2001- 9/11- on four occasions, 1, 7, 42, and 224 days after the attack, then they tested the partcipants' memory for an everyday event that happened around the same time.

Findings: The FBM's were very vivid throughout the study, same with confidence of accuracy, but they were not more consistent than corresponding memories for the everyday event.

Conclusion: The only difference between them was FB memories were more vivid, and participants' have more confidence in their memories.

Limitation: These tests were questionnaires..








http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2005/04/is_memory_better_for_shocking.php
also, our psychology book..

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