EWT: Anxiety
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- EWT: Anxiety
- Weapon focus effect
- A weapon in a criminals hand will distract attention from other features = reduces the accuracy of identification
- Due to anxiety that the weapon creates.
- A weapon in a criminals hand will distract attention from other features = reduces the accuracy of identification
- Johnson & Scott study
- PPts asked to sit in a waiting room, where they could overhear an argument in the next room.
- Condition 1) a man ran though the room carrying a pen covered in grease.
- Low anxiety
- Condition 2) a man ran through holding a knieve covered in blood.
- High anxiety
- PPts where then gave photos and aksed to identify the man.
- Findings high anxiety = 33% correct identification. Low anxiety = 49% correct identification.
- Condition 1) a man ran though the room carrying a pen covered in grease.
- PPts asked to sit in a waiting room, where they could overhear an argument in the next room.
- Anxiety has a positive effect on acuracy
- High arousal = accurate memeories as emotionally important.
- Bank robberies = enhanced recall when 58 witnesses where questioned. These wer eeither bystanders or directley involved.
- 75% accurate recall.
- Greatest anxiety = greater recall
- 75% accurate recall.
- Bank robberies = enhanced recall when 58 witnesses where questioned. These wer eeither bystanders or directley involved.
- High arousal = accurate memeories as emotionally important.
- Titanic - real world application
- Titanic was believed that the titanic had sunk intact - despite 75% of survivers saying its broke apart as it sunk.
- The accuracy of the survivers supports the theory that people can record accuratley even under tramatic conditions.
- Titanic was believed that the titanic had sunk intact - despite 75% of survivers saying its broke apart as it sunk.
- Lack of control
- Witnesses are not normally interviewed straight after the event. Meaning reaserachers have no control over
- Media accounts that have been seen or heard.
- Discussions with other people over the event.
- The effects of being interviewed by the police.
- Extraneous variables may be the reason for the accuracy of the recall.
- Witnesses are not normally interviewed straight after the event. Meaning reaserachers have no control over
- Lab studies
- PPTS will be aware they are watchinh a filmed crime for a study
- So may act a way they believe the experimentor would want them to
- Damand charateristics
- So may act a way they believe the experimentor would want them to
- PPTS will be aware they are watchinh a filmed crime for a study
- Ethical issues
- Creating anxiety for ppts could cause some psychological harm purely for the purposes of the reasearch.
- Weapon focus effect
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