Memory 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMemoryCognitive PsychologyASAQA Created by: EmilyCreated on: 12-05-14 15:49 Age affecting EWT - AO1 Parker and Carranza - child witnesses more errors than students. Child witnesses higher rate of choosing 'someone' byt made more errors with identification. Yarmey - 651 adults in public. Recall physical characteristics of young woman spoken to 15 secs two minutes ago. 3 age groups; young, middle aged and older. No significant difference. Older - less confident Memon et al - studied accuracy of young and older eyewitnesses If delay short (35 mins) no difference in accuracy. When delayed by one week, older significantly less accurate. 1 of 2 The Own Age Bias - AO2 Majority of studies asked to identify people of college age. P's may have superior memory for faces in their age group. Anastasi and Rhodes - 3 age groups (18-25, 35-45, 55-78). Shown 24 photos to rate attractiveness...Filler activity. Shown 48, 24 from before + 24 distractors. Young/middle aged significantly more accurate than older P's. All groups more accurate in identifying own age group. Findings consistent with own-race bias - people better at identifying faces from own ethnic group. Brigham and Malpass 2 of 2
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