I thought that I heard something about there being recent research on flashbulb memories which indicated that people were nearly as accurate with these types of memories as they thought they were. Don't remember the reference right now. I'll see if I can dig it up.
Michael Britt [email protected] www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:32 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Upon hearing of president Kennedy's assassination, I had a reaction > similar to Mike's. I was 6 years old and playing with my plastic > WWII toy soldiers in our living room/dining room floor in Cuba. My > mother was in the kitchen and our front door was open. Suddenly, our > next door neighbor, a member of the CDR ("Committee for the Defense > of the Revolution", a neighborhood spying group) barges in, all > excited hollering "mataron a Kennedy, mataron a Kennedy!" (Kennedy > has been killed). I remember my mother reacting with her typical > surprise "Noooo!". Like Mike I did not understand the significance > of the event, but I guess that, based in part on the ensuing > conversation between them and the several "Ay Dios mio" (oh my God!) > uttered by my mother conveyed to me that the news was not good. Keep > in mind that about a year and a half earlier the Bay of Pigs > invasion had taken place and that was the basis for another > flashbulb memory of mine. Man-o-man, it was early morning and we > woke up to the sound of what we thought was thunder; my mother got > up to close the windows and realized that the thunder was the sound > of cannon fire and screamed something about being invaded. Planes > had been flying nearby and we could hear the distant sound of > machine gun strafing. We lived about 10 miles from a military air > base. > > Of course, I have to wonder how much of the above is a mere > reconstruction. ;-) > > Miguel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected] > > > Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:17:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: [tips] Where Were You On This Date 46 Years Ago? > My own memory for when I heard about the Kennedy assasination is > as follows: > > I was in the fourth grade in Catholic grade school and it was a sunny > afternoon. The nun who was our teacher had been called away from > class and we fidgeted, talked to each other, and fooled around until > she came back. She had a very serious look on her face and she spoke > in a low voice, almost a whisper. She told us that the president > had been > shot. I don't remember whether she said whether he had died or not. > My own reaction was I didn't understand what this meant but I knew > that it was not good. I don't remember much else from that afternoon > nor do I remember whether I actually saw Oswald being shot on TV > a couple of days later. I don't remember many details but I do > remember > the sadness and sense of loss that other displayed and which I > eventually > took on. It would take a while for me to figure out what this all > meant. > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
