Discuss research into the effect of anxiety on EWT (12)

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Intro (2 points)
• Yerkes-Dodson law can have ‘detrimental effects’ on the performance of memory • important as in EWT juries are dependent on a witnesses account
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Research to support this; (4)
•Loftus et al 1987 aimed; if arousal affect memory performance •Condition 1; discussion overheard, pen and grease, 49% correctly identified • Condition 2; loud argument overheard, blood and pen knife, 33% correctly identified
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... (2)
• Levels of arousal affected memory performance • Yerkes-Dodson law; reached optimum arousal = poor performance
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Criticism of Loftus
• Field experiment • Ethical issues • Different state to how they entered • Psychological harm • PP’s not wanting to participate anymore in the future
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Weakness of Loftus is that there is contradictory research;
• Christianson & Hubinette (1993) • 58 PP real-life incident • Threatened PP recalled better • No arousal recalled poorly
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Support of the research above; MRGAAN
• Mundane realism • Genuine arousal • Therefore can be generalised to real world • Not in an artificial environment
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•Loftus et al 1987 aimed; if arousal affect memory performance •Condition 1; discussion overheard, pen and grease, 49% correctly identified • Condition 2; loud argument overheard, blood and pen knife, 33% correctly identified

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Research to support this; (4)

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• Levels of arousal affected memory performance • Yerkes-Dodson law; reached optimum arousal = poor performance

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• Field experiment • Ethical issues • Different state to how they entered • Psychological harm • PP’s not wanting to participate anymore in the future

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• Christianson & Hubinette (1993) • 58 PP real-life incident • Threatened PP recalled better • No arousal recalled poorly

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