Human Memory — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 HumanitiesPsychologyHuman Memory3 Marks
Question
Discuss the term Flashbulb memories and Autobiographical memory.
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Answer
Flashbulb memories:
These are memories of events that are very arousing or surprising.
Such memories are very detailed.
They are like a photo taken with an advanced model camera. You can push the button and after one minute you have a recreation of the scene. You can look at the photograph whenever you want.
Flashbulb memories are like images frozen in memory and tied to particular places, dates and times.
Autobiographical memory:
These are personal memories.
They are not distributed evenly throughout our lives.
Some periods in our lives produce more memory than others. e.g. no memories are reported pertaining to early childhood particularly during the first 4 to 5 years. This is called the childhood amnesia.
Perhaps emotionality, novelty and importance of events contribute to it. During old age, the most recent years of life are likely to be well remembered.
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