In the movie Inside Out, the main concept that is portrayed is how memory works. Certain specific topics that relate to memory that are in the movie include REM sleep, long term memory, dream theories, flashbulb memories and interference, to name a few. The way that some of these topics are portrayed in the movie are correct, and actually give an accurate, but comedic interpretation of how the memory works. Although the movie has some moments where concepts that involve memory are not necessarily correct, overall it gives a relatively accurate display of how information is processed in people’s minds.
To start, the movie mainly focuses on short-term memory, long-term memory, and R.E.M. Sleep, and the way they are portrayed is close to how the …show more content…
The most common and frequent idea presented in the movie is the flashbulb memory. This is when a person can remember a specific event and be able to visualize exactly what happened. Joy and the other emotions constantly bring up certain memories like when Riley’s mom asks about a family trip that they had and wants to know what was Riley’s favorite part of that trip. The emotions bring up the time the car rolled back into the dinosaur replica and they all laughed about it. Riley was able to clearly remember every detail. This is only one of the many times that the emotions in Riley’s head bring up past events and demonstrate what flashbulb memory is. The next three topics are also portrayed correctly and give an accurate demonstration of how they really work. It all starts with the process of forgetting. To forget something means that some of the information that is entered into the long-term memory is lost. It is usually information that is not used on a day-to-day basis or is not important anymore. In the movie, once certain memories or facts are not being used anymore, they fade and the workers send them down to the memory dump where they will be forgotten forever. This is an accurate portrayal of how people forget things because once a memory is not being used or it is not essential to a human’s survival, then it is
To start, the movie mainly focuses on short-term memory, long-term memory, and R.E.M. Sleep, and the way they are portrayed is close to how the …show more content…
The most common and frequent idea presented in the movie is the flashbulb memory. This is when a person can remember a specific event and be able to visualize exactly what happened. Joy and the other emotions constantly bring up certain memories like when Riley’s mom asks about a family trip that they had and wants to know what was Riley’s favorite part of that trip. The emotions bring up the time the car rolled back into the dinosaur replica and they all laughed about it. Riley was able to clearly remember every detail. This is only one of the many times that the emotions in Riley’s head bring up past events and demonstrate what flashbulb memory is. The next three topics are also portrayed correctly and give an accurate demonstration of how they really work. It all starts with the process of forgetting. To forget something means that some of the information that is entered into the long-term memory is lost. It is usually information that is not used on a day-to-day basis or is not important anymore. In the movie, once certain memories or facts are not being used anymore, they fade and the workers send them down to the memory dump where they will be forgotten forever. This is an accurate portrayal of how people forget things because once a memory is not being used or it is not essential to a human’s survival, then it is