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Discuss Flashbulb Memories, Including Examples of These Memories, When and How

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Discuss flashbulb memories, including examples of these memories, when and how they are formed, why they are so vivid and lasting, why people place so much confidence in these memories, even when they are wrong, and how some of these memories can emotionally handicap people.


Definitions:

Misidentifications

Misidentifications involve the incorrect recognition or identification of people, objects, or events, often occurring in psychological disorders.

Same-race Identifications

The phenomenon where individuals are more accurate in recognizing and distinguishing faces of their own racial or ethnic group than those of other groups.

Inaccuracies

Errors or mistakes in information or details.

Schemas

Frameworks of knowledge and assumptions that we have about people, objects, and events.

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