Eyewitness Testimony- Effects of Anxiety AO3
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- Created on: 25-11-19 15:43
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- Eyewitness Testimony- Effects of Anxiety AO3
- weapon focus may not be relevent
- Studies eg Johnson & Scott may test surprise rather than anxiety
- Pickel (1998)- Hairdresser study
- in different groups there was some scissors, gun, wallet and raw chicken
- people in the chicken and gun group had less recall
- shows people focus on things that aren't in our schema
- people in the chicken and gun group had less recall
- in different groups there was some scissors, gun, wallet and raw chicken
- Pickel (1998)- Hairdresser study
- Studies eg Johnson & Scott may test surprise rather than anxiety
- Lab Studies lead to demand characteristics
- a lot of the research on this are lab studies
- they involve people watching videos of crimes
- people want to be helpful, so give the answer they think the experimenter wants
- a real eyewitness wouldn't know a crime will happen
- people can figure out what the questions are
- people want to be helpful, so give the answer they think the experimenter wants
- they involve people watching videos of crimes
- a lot of the research on this are lab studies
- Field Studies lack control
- researchers often interviews an eyewitness sometime after the experiment
- in this time gap they've had post event discussion
- talk to others, newspaper
- cant control extraneous variables
- leading questions from police
- cant control extraneous variables
- talk to others, newspaper
- in this time gap they've had post event discussion
- researchers often interviews an eyewitness sometime after the experiment
- inducing anxiety can cause psychological harm
- Johnson & Scott with a knife and blood
- the experimenter should make the person aware they might see those images. inorder to study anxiety people have to be anxious
- Johnson & Scott with a knife and blood
- weapon focus may not be relevent
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