The Role of Emotions in Cognitive Processes The Flashbulb Theory vivid and detailed memories of highly emotional events

Ulrich Neisser (1982) what is called a flashbulb memory may simple be a narrative convention STORYTELLING SCHEMA - Post event information - Distorted memories + current attitudes and emotions

The theory - by Brown & Kulik (1977) - Important events trigger a special memory mechanism that makes a permanent record of everything the person is experiencing at the moment. Emotions (without thinking we would survive. Without emotions we wouldnt. ;) 12.1.12 Social Psychology Milgram S. 1969, The individual in a social world How other people influence the individual behavior

Fundamental Attribution Error

>looking for causality of events (common tendency of people)

- A tendency for the OBSERVER to overestimate the influence of personal attributes and underestimate situational attributes.