EWT
- Created by: rooodboii_001
- Created on: 04-05-14 12:35
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- EWT
- Factors affecting EWT
- Loftus = Weapon focus effect
- Yullie and cutshall= (contradictingevidence) 4 months after crime - asked leading questions - recall matched their initial detailed reports
- Schemas= (cohen & brewer and treyens)
- Ceci and bruck = children - lack of appropriate schemas, however, adults may 'see' things which aren't there
- Anxiety
- Deffenbacher= yerks dodson law (high levels of anxiety have -ve affect on accuracy)
- Loftus and burns = p's shown violent film- p's focus on weapon
- Loftus = Weapon focus effect
- Christianson & hubinette= witnessesof genuine bank robberies- victims had more accurate recall than onlookers
- People better at remembering highly stressful events if they occurred in real life rather than lab
- Yullie and cutshall= (contradictingevidence) 4 months after crime - asked leading questions - recall matched their initial detailed reports
- Age
- Ceci and bruck = children - lack of appropriate schemas, however, adults may 'see' things which aren't there
- Poole and lindsay = science exp. and story (w/ parents) older could extract post event info - younger bad at EWT
- Leichtman and ceci - sam stone
- Own age bias - better recall for indvs same age
- Misleading questions
- Loftus and palmer = film of cars - misleading questions - different words used
- 2nd experiment - broken glass
- Loftus and palmer = film of cars - misleading questions - different words used
- Factors affecting EWT
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