Interviewing a witness
- Created by: CallumAusten
- Created on: 07-04-14 15:22
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- Loftus et al
- Facts about 'weapon focus'
- Lab experiment
- 36 Students from Washington Uni
- P's split into 2 groups
- 1. control (with cheque)
- 2. Experiment (with gun)
- Both saw slides of a cue at a taco time restaurant
- Experimental group the second person in the cue brings out a gun
- P's then answered questionnaire and asked to identify person and confidence
- Experimental group the second person in the cue brings out a gun
- Results
- Identification was highest in control group
- Conclusions
- P's spent longer looking at weapon so struggled to identify the weapon
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