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Critically review the research and theories in one area of everyday memory
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... Critically review the research and theories in one area of everyday memory The study of flashbulb memories is a prime example of the problems faced in everyday memory investigations. These memories are not experienced everyday of our lives, but are without doubt a phenomenon that each of has experienced in our lifetime. As shall be discussed later, problems arise due to the fact that flashbulb memories are characterised by extreme emotional, personal and surprise situations (Brown & Kulik,1977). By their nature these memories refer to specific contextual conditions that would be hard to replicate in a laboratory. Therefore flashbulb memory researchers have had to find techniques beyond the laboratory, due to the desire not to sacrifice essential "ecological validity" (Neisser, 1978) to gain more empirical control. One of the main questions concerning flashbulb memories is their relationship to other types of memory. There are many proposed divisions and sub-divisions of














