Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony

1. What law can be described by ‘higher levels of anxiety produce better recall, there is an optimum level for recall, higher levels than that and accurate recall will decline’? (6, 6, 3)
6. Which team of psychologists conducted research into the affect of post-event discussion, in 2003? (7, 2, 2)
7. When anxiety stops people paying attention to cues because of the psychological arousal it creates, this is a ________ effect. (8)

2. Which two psychologists used a natural experiment to research the positive effects of anxiety on eyewitness testimony, in 1986? (6, 3, 8)
3. Which two psychologists conducted research into the negative impact of anxiety on eyewitness testimony, in 1976, by creating low and high anxiety conditions and asking participants to identify a perpetrator? (7, 3, 5)
4. Which term is defined as ‘people have enhanced memory for central events’? (6, 6)
5. Which response explains that anxiety can positively impact recall as it can increase alertness and improve memory? (5, 2, 6)
8. Which explanation of leading questions suggests that the wording of the question doesn’t impact the memory of the event? (8, 4)
9. Which explanation of leading questions suggests that the wording of the question does impact the memory of the event? (12)
10. Which explanation of post-event discussion suggests that witnesses go along with each other for social approval, but the memory is unchanged? (6, 10)

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