2.5: Anxiety Flashcards
Anxiety
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of:
1. Emotional
2. Physical
arousal
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of emotional and physical arousal.
The emotions include what?
The emotions include:
- Having worried thoughts
- Feelings of tension
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of emotional and physical arousal.
The emotions include having worried thoughts and feelings of tension.
Physical changes of anxiety include what?
Physical changes of anxiety include:
- An increased heart rate
- Sweating
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of emotional and physical arousal.
The emotions include having worried thoughts and feelings of tension.
Physical changes of anxiety include an increased heart rate and sweating.
Anxiety is a normal reaction to what situations?
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stressful situations
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of emotional and physical arousal.
The emotions include having worried thoughts and feelings of tension.
Physical changes of anxiety include an increased heart rate and sweating.
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stressful situations, but can affect the what of eyewitness testimony?
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stressful situations, but can affect the:
1. Accuracy
2. Detail
of eyewitness testimony
Anxiety has strong emotional and physical effects, but it is not clear whether these effects make eyewitness recall better or worse, because there is what?
Anxiety has strong emotional and physical effects, but it is not clear whether these effects make eyewitness recall:
1. Better
Or,
2. Worse
,because there is research to support both possibilities
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses what?
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no what?
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as what?
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high what content that can greatly affect recall?
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is what?
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Who (what year) argued for the what effect?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect’
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby what?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack, rather than what?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on:
1. More central details of the attack
,rather than:
2. The more peripheral details
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example what), rather than the more peripheral details.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on:
1. More central details of the attack (for example the weapon)
,rather than:
2. The more peripheral details
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what)?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on:
1. More central details of the attack (for example the weapon)
,rather than:
2. The more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like)
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of what)?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of their:
- Facial structure
- Clothes and shoes)
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of their facial structure, like what, and their clothes and shoes)?
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of their:
- Facial structure, like their chin, jaw and cheekbones
- Clothes and shoes)
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of their facial structure, like their chin, jaw and cheekbones, and their clothes and shoes).
Witnesses to violent crimes focus on what, rather than what?
Witnesses to violent crimes focus on the:
1. Weapon being used
,rather than
2. Culprit’s face
A main criticism of EWT research is that it often uses artificial scenarios that have no emotional involvement for witnesses.
Real life events, however, such as violent crimes, often have a high anxiety content that can greatly affect recall.
One area of special interest is the degree to which anxiety might divert attention away from the important aspects of an event being witnessed.
Loftus et al. (1987) argued for the ‘weapon-focus effect,’ whereby in violent crimes, arousal may focus the witness on more central details of the attack (for example the weapon), rather than the more peripheral details (for example what else was going on and what the perpetrator looked like, as in the details of their facial structure, like their chin, jaw and cheekbones, and their clothes and shoes).
Witnesses to violent crimes focus on the weapon being used, rather than the culprit’s face, negatively affecting what?
Witnesses to violent crimes focus on the:
1. Weapon being used
,rather than
2. Culprit’s face
,negatively affecting the ability to recall important details
Psychologists have performed lots of research, using both what, to identify the ways in which anxiety affects EWT?
Psychologists have performed lots of research, using both:
1. Laboratory studies
2. Real-life events
,to identify the ways in which anxiety affects EWT
Anxiety creates what in the body?
Anxiety creates physiological arousal in the body
Anxiety creates physiological arousal in the body, that does what?
Anxiety creates physiological arousal in the body, that prevents us paying attention to important cues
Anxiety creates physiological arousal in the body, that prevents us paying attention to important cues, so recall is what?
Anxiety creates physiological arousal in the body, that prevents us paying attention to important cues, so recall is worse