Hello all, I sent a really long message last week describing what happened with my social psych class (the guest lecturer episode) and thanking everyone for your helpful insight. I never saw it come back, so I'm not sure any of you saw it. So if you're interested and it wasn't posted someone let me know and I'll do it again. Main point - thanks, I took a variety of your suggestions and made the class better (imho). The real question for today has to do with memory and PTSD. I have started a section on social psych. and the law and started with eyewitness testimony. We were discussing acquisition problems such as the arousal at the time of the crime interfering with individuals abilities to attend to key features. One student posed the alternative hypothesis that such a traumatic event should cement in memory. Sounds like a flashbulb memory type of explanation. Well, our text supports the difficulty of acquisition. This student then asked if that meant that individuals suffering from post traumatic stress are making up their memories. Well, I don't know, thought maybe some of you could help before my next class (Friday am). Thanks in advance, Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donald J. Rudawsky University of Cincinnati Dept. of Psychology PO Box 210376 Cincinnati, OH 45210-0376 513.558.3146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.uc.edu/~rudawsdj
