Conducted a study on weapon focus, where participants heard an argument whilst sitting in a waiting room.
Johnson and Scott
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Came up with the idea of the Yerkes-Dodson effect.
Deffenbacher et al
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The word that signifies a witness to a crime diverting his or her attention to the weapon the perpetrator is holding, thus leaving less attention for other details in the scene and leading to memory impairments later for those other details.
Weapon focus
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The year the Yerkes-Dodson model was created.
Two thousand and four
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Conducted a study in 1993, where they interviewed 58 real witnesses to bank robberies in Sweden.
Christianson and Hubinette
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In Johnson and Scott's study, which two objects could the man be holding.
A greasy pen or a bloody knife
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Came up with the idea of the Yerkes-Dodson effect.
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Deffenbacher et al
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The word that signifies a witness to a crime diverting his or her attention to the weapon the perpetrator is holding, thus leaving less attention for other details in the scene and leading to memory impairments later for those other details.
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The year the Yerkes-Dodson model was created.
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Conducted a study in 1993, where they interviewed 58 real witnesses to bank robberies in Sweden.
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