On a business trip last year, Susan and Pam flew from Los Angeles to Boston. Susan really hates to fly. In the middle of the flight, the plane experienced 20 minutes of very severe turbulence. Susan remembers this incident as if it were yesterday, but Pam cannot recall it. Why?

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Leonel Melendez

Business

19 May, 18:02

On a business trip last year, Susan and Pam flew from Los Angeles to Boston. Susan really hates to fly. In the middle of the flight, the plane experienced 20 minutes of very severe turbulence. Susan remembers this incident as if it were yesterday, but Pam cannot recall it. Why?

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Tatiana Wiley · Answer 1

sunita experienced emotion-triggered hormonal changes

Explanation:

For some people, sudden stressful situation can create massive hormonal change that effected our body in a very unique way. So when it happened, we are most likely to remember that situation for a very long time. When we observe both sunita and pam's experience, we can infer that the turbulence create more stress to pam than sunita. This make pam able to remember the incident very clearly and could potentially lead to long term trauma.