Yuille and Cutshall Description
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- Created on: 03-11-15 18:06
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- Yuille and Cutshall
- Aim
- See if misleading questions regarding shooting result in inaccurate recall.
- Description
- Field experiment on 21 pps.
- Witnessed real life shooting.
- Thief entered shop, tied up proprietor, stole money and guns.
- Owner freed himself, took revolver and went outside.
- Confronted thief, thief shot owner 2 times, owner shot thief 6 times killing him.
- Owner freed himself, took revolver and went outside.
- Police interviewed 21 witnesses.
- 13 re-interviewed five months later.
- Used same interview procedure.
- Account given first then asked questions.
- Ages 15-32
- 2 misleading questions asked.
- Half asked about 'the' busted headlight.
- Half about 'a' busted headlight.
- Half 'a' and 'the' yellow queater panel.
- It was blue
- Rated stress on a likert scale.
- Used same interview procedure.
- 13 re-interviewed five months later.
- Field experiment on 21 pps.
- Results
- Recall was accurate despite leading Qs.
- 10 witnesses unaffected.
- more stress = better recall
- witnesses with central viewpoint more accurate than peripheral view.
- Recall was accurate despite leading Qs.
- Conclusion
- Leading Qs do not affect real life situations.
- Weapon focus does not always affect recall.
- Aim
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