The Recollections We Have of Emotionally Charged Events Seem to Be

Multiple Choice

The recollections we have of emotionally charged events seem to be unusually vivid and permanent and often revolve around how we were reacting to the event. We also tend to place great confidence in these recollections, even when they are wrong. These vivid, but sometimes inaccurate, recollections are called __________ memories.

A) eidetic
B) implicit
C) flashbulb
D) recovered