9 emotional source memory Flashcards
What exactly is source memory?
Memory for the origin of an information
Why is source memory essential in our everyday life? (1-2 examples)
is information credible? -> Wikipedia or scientific journal
remembering in which room I left something
Describe briefly the emotion-enhanced memory (EEM) effect
Memory is more accurate & vivid for emotional compared to neutral events/stimuli
How does the emotion-enhanced memory effect typically manifest in the lab?
Images are presented
Images can be neutral (hydrant) or emotional (fireworks) in terms of arousal and valence
then memory for images is tested
result: emotional (valence & arousal) images are remembered better
for source memory: neutral/emotional pictures as background (sources), words on top as items
memory for words & sources
emotional sources were only remembered better in some studies -> EEM found in some studies
An emotion-enhanced memory effect sometimes shows in source memory & sometimes doesn’t. What are crucial boundary conditions that seem to promote the occurrence of this effect in source memory (according to Symeonidou & Kuhlmann, 2022)?
Affective item-source processing is crucial
Achieved through: provide affective encoding instructions
Why do older adults preferably focus on emotionally meaningful information according to the socio-emotional selectivity theory of Carstensen?
as people age, goal hierarchy changes
younger adults are future-oriented, goal: gain knowledge
older adults are more presence-oriented, goal: emotional satisfaction
reason: subjective nearness to death
Some of the presented studies show that older adults’ source memory benefits from emotional information (Open Science Project), while other studies do not show this benefit (Symeonidou et al. 2022). What are plausible explanations for this inconsistent pattern?
socio-emotional material benefits source memory in older adults if they pay close attention (lab study)
subjective nearness of death migh not be linear with age.
