Film Summary Directed by Joseph Ruben, The Forgotten begins with an attention grabbing moment where a woman, Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is grieving for her son, Sam, who is killed in a plane crash (Ruben, 2004). Paretta does not want to accept the demise of her son, but struggles with the situation relentlessly. She goes to her son’s bedroom, stares at the photo albums, and revisits mementos just to keep her “delusional” feelings alive. Despite this situation, her husband, Edward Anthony seems to accept the situation and decides to move on with life. The determined Telly sadly learns later from Dr. Munce that she never had a son and that Sam was nonexistent. She is told that she was once pregnant, but had a miscarriage, which led to the loss of her baby. This was an attempt to help Paretta get over the memories. Soon, all the photos of Sam disappear from the house mysteriously as if someone was trying to eliminate his memories. Paretta begins to discuss the possibility of alien abduction of her son because she does not believe he is dead. This does not go over well with the authorities who dismiss that the loss of the boy could possibly be the work of abduction by aliens. Together with an alcoholic neighbour, Ash (Dominic West), they go into hiding. Analysis & Critical Thinking & Research Linkage Different memory concepts can be identified from the film. Most of these memories can be explained by closely looking at the behaviour of Telly (Julianne Moore). One of the most notable aspects of memory is the use of short-term memory in the processing and storage of information. In one incident, Telly forgets the exact position where she had parked her car after a few hours. She also forgets that she had turned down a coffee offer ... ... middle of paper ... ...chonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 230–235. Ericsson, K. & Kintsch, W. (1995). Long-term working memory. Psychological Review, 102, 211-245. Holmes, J, Adams, J. & Hamilton, C. (2008). The relationship between visuospatial sketchpad capacity and children’s mathematical skills. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20, 272-289. Pickering, S., Gathercole, S., Hall, M. & Lloyd, S. (2001). Development of memory for pattern and path: Further evidence for the fractionation of visuo-spatial memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 54, 397–420. Ruben, J. (Director). (2004). The Forgotten [Motion Picture]. Vanessa, L., McCabe, P., Youngblood, L., Rose, N., & Myerson, J. (2011). The influence of levels of processing on recall from working memory and delayed recall tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37, 1258-126
While this study did not produce the result we wanted, we believe that we could use the information learned from this study and develop a study that would be more effective.
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The film emphasizes on the power of our long-term memory and our episodic memories. Would we be happier if we forgot about traumatic past experiences? Or are our long-term memories so tangled up with emotions and sensations that our brain is unable to truly let go of long-term memories? The film also looks at the difference between explicit and implicit memories.
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Human memory is flexible and prone to suggestion. “Human memory, while remarkable in many ways, does not operate like a video camera” (Walker, 2013). In fact, human memory is quite the opposite of a video camera; it can be greatly influenced and even often distorted by interactions with its surroundings (Walker, 2013). Memory is separated into three different phases. The first phase is acquisition, which is when information is first entered into memory or the perception of an event (Samaha, 2011). The next phase is retention. Retention is the process of storing information during the period of time between the event and the recollection of a piece of information from that event (Samaha, 2011). The last stage is retrieval. Retrieval is recalling stored information about an event with the purpose of making an identification of a person in that event (Samaha, 2011).
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The importance of memory is shown in how essential it is to each character. Without their memories, it is arguable that none of the characters would have a “self”. They use their memories so often to form opinions of each other, remember feelings they had towards each other and to
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According to Sternberg (1999), memory is the extraction of past experiences for information to be used in the present. The retrieval of memory is essential in every aspect of daily life, whether it is for academics, work or social purposes. However, many often take memory for granted and assume that it can be relied on because of how realistic it appears in the mind. This form of memory is also known as flashbulb memory. (Brown and Kulik, 1977). The question of whether our memory is reliably accurate has been shown to have implications in providing precise details of past events. (The British Psychological Association, 2011). In this essay, I would put forth arguments that human memory, in fact, is not completely reliable in providing accurate depictions of our past experiences. Evidence can be seen in the following two studies that support these arguments by examining episodic memory in humans. The first study is by Loftus and Pickrell (1995) who found that memory can be modified by suggestions. The second study is by Naveh-Benjamin and Craik (1995) who found that there is a predisposition for memory to decline with increasing age.
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Memory is the tool we use to learn and think. We all use memory in our everyday lives. Memory is the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences. We all reassure ourselves that our memories are accurate and precise. Many people believe that they would be able to remember anything from the event and the different features of the situation. Yet, people don’t realize the fact that the more you think about a situation the more likely the story will change. Our memories are not a camcorder or a camera. Our memory tends to be very selective and reconstructive.