Flashbulb memories of the Pope's resignation: Explicit and implicit measures across differing religious groups.
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| Title: | Flashbulb memories of the Pope's resignation: Explicit and implicit measures across differing religious groups. |
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| Authors: | Curci, Antonietta (AUTHOR), Lanciano, Tiziana (AUTHOR), Maddalena, Chiara (AUTHOR), Mastandrea, Stefano (AUTHOR), Sartori, Giuseppe (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Memory. Jun2015, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p529-544. 16p. |
| Subjects: | Flashbulb memory, Resignation of popes, Implicit memory, Explicit memory, Religious groups, Autobiographical memory, Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022 |
| Abstract: | In the present paper, we aimed to provide evidence in support of the idea tested in a recent study by Lanciano and colleagues that flashbulb memories (FBMs) are a special class of autobiographical memories that can be assessed through the autobiographical implicit association test (aIAT). FBMs and event memories (EMs) for the news of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI were evaluated in three samples of churchgoer Catholic, non-churchgoer Catholic and Evangelical Italian participants through the traditional self-report measures (specificity/accuracy, confidence, consistency) and aIAT indices. Results confirmed the strength of the association between FBM and true information. The aIAT effect was stronger for FBMs than for EM details, and for Catholic respondents who were the group most concerned by the original event. Furthermore, the use of implicit measures for memory assessment concurs with the traditional self-report indices of FBMs. The present evidence supports the idea that FBMs are special autobiographical memories which remain detailed, certain and consistent over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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