Artical 2

I thought this artical was interesting because to think that people somehow remember something that they witness first hand better than something that happens to them. How reliable do you think our memory actually is? What makes eye- witness memory more memoriable than people's memories of own past intentions? What do you think is triggered in the brain when you eye- witness something that isn't triggered in the brain when your own memories are being formed? I thought it was interesting that only one out of every five participants gave a consistent reason or reasons at both time points. I also thought it was interesting the way they conducted their study. In their study they took 600 undergrads and had them answer open ended questioins based on why they'd buy, download, or copied their most recently acquired album. I also thought it was interesting that in the study, 6 months to a year later they provied the same information again to those same 600 undergrads. After answering those sets of questions the students fell into 5 main categories whether they liked the artist, they liked the music, liked a specific song or songs, whether someone recommended the album, or whether they needed the album for a specific purpose.