Question

multiple choice question
in one experiment, baseball fans recalled details of the game their team won significantly more accurately than the game their team lost. this best reflects the effect of which of the following on memory?
flashbulb memories
priming
emotional meaning
prejudice

Explanation:

• Flashbulb memories: These are vivid, detailed memories of highly emotional or significant events. However, the key here is the emotional valence (winning vs. losing) rather than just the vividness of a single - type event.
• Priming: Refers to the activation (often unconsciously) of certain associations, which then affects perception, memory, or other cognitive processes. This is not related to the emotional difference between winning and losing in the context of memory recall.
• Emotional meaning: When an event (like a team winning) has positive emotional meaning, it is more likely to be remembered accurately. Losing a game may have negative emotional meaning (for fans), and they may be less motivated or have different emotional encoding that leads to less accurate recall.
• Prejudice: Is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on their membership of a social group. It has no direct relation to memory recall differences based on winning or losing a game.

Answer:

Emotional meaning