One day after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, college students were asked questions about the experience and about a mundane event that occurred within the days prior to the attack
Later, the students were contacted and once again asked about their memory of the two events. What did this research reveal about flashbulb memories?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Over time, the vividness of the flashbulb memory and the students' confidence in these memories remained higher than for the memory of the mundane event.
• The details reported for the memories became less and less consistent for both types of memory.
• There were just as many errors in the flashbulb memories as in the mundane memories.
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