Eyewitness testimony
- Created by: dominique_jlsxx
- Created on: 27-04-15 19:51
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- Eyewitness testimony
- Anxiety= Johnson and Scott
- condition 1= over heard a heated argument and then a man appeared a bloody knife.
- condition 2= over heard an argument and a man appeared holding a pen
- asked to identify the man from a series of photos.
- condition 1 33% were accurate and 2 49% were accurate
- weapon draws attention and reduces accuracy.
- Misleading questions= Loftus and Palmer
- 45 students showed videos of car accident, split into 5 groups
- Given a questionnaire after words, focused on speed question, changed verb
- Smashed= 40.8, contacted= 31.8
- the more powerful the verb the higher the estimate, negative effect on EWT.
- Age= Yarmey
- stopped 651 adults in public places and asked them to recall the physical characteristics of a women they had just spoke to
- ages 18-29 & 30-44 were more confident and more accurate than 45-65
- Anxiety= Johnson and Scott
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