Question

Sharmila cannot remember what she had for breakfast last week, but she can remember the day she got married ten years ago as clearly as if it just happened. This example illustrates the ________ theory.

A. arousal
B. emotion
C. equipotentiality
D. flashbulb

Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation: The correct answer is letter B, Emotional Theory.

Memory has subsystems, one of those is the episodic memory; this particular subsystem is the only one that provides and storage information related to space and time (in other words, events). Not every space-time information lasts the same in this memory, one of the factors is the emotional weight of that event. When an event is new and has a big emotional weight, will probably be remembered better and will last longer.