2.  The disaster of the “unsinkable ship” changed not only lives of thousands of people, but also the way ship were being built.  Social class played a huge factor in the decision of who was more likely to survive.  The relatively slow sinking of the Titanic made social norms more apparent when the selection process began.

3.  There is numerous archival data from U.S. Senate hearings in 1912.  A study was conducted shortly after disaster researching 91 survivors asking them a series of questions  Purpose was to see how accurate eyewitness accounts were after the traumatic event.

4.  The survivors were asked different questions so the answered would not conflict.  The researchers asked the survivors to not comment on the condition of the ship, but rather how it was sinking and what was around them.

5.  As the research was completed, most survivors accounts of the events of that night were consistent with what was documented.  90% of the survivors said that the ship broke apart before it sank to the bottom.  The other 10% said either they couldn’t see the ship due to fog or other weather related issues.

6.  The survivors were only asked questions pertaining to detail oriented data, and not that of peripheral details around them.  The research concluded that the memory of individuals involved in a traumatic event varies slightly with that of a non-traumatic event.

7.  Riniolo, Todd C., et al. "An Archival Study of Eyewitness Memory of the Titanic's Final Plunge." Journal of General Psychology 130.1 (2003): 89. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 6 Dec. 2010.