ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a study which is added to the program of research as a means of checking for responses to experimenter demands. It provides the evaluation of whether emotions reported by participants were valid and not bogus responses due to the apparent importance of the emotion intensity ratings. Most research reveals a positive relationship between emotional reactions and memory. Most American's have a flashbulb memory for Challenger Shuttle explosion. A number of studies have found that the detail with which people remember events is associated with the level of emotion experienced during those events, the emotions reported in response to stories should be positively related to memory of those stories. The claim that a relationship exists between emotional responsiveness and memory for stimuli is based on several types of research. Flashbulb memories are episodic memories characterized by such high levels of detail and imagery that they seem as though a snapshot had been taken and mentally stored.
