Anxiety

Question 1

Def

Answer 1

Strong emotion and physical state that affects EWT

Question 2

This affects EWT

Answer 2

Witnesses only focus on certain aspect of the event so their recall is limited.

Question 3

Johnson and Scott Aim

Answer 3

To investigate the effects of anxiety on the accuracy of EWT

Question 4

Johnson and Scott Method

Answer 4

Lab

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

PPTs placed in high anxiety and low anxiety conditions
High anxiety - Heard an argument and glass breaking. Man walked out of room with a knife covered with blood.
Low Anxiety - Heard an argument from within the room before a man walked out with grease on their hands and a pen

Question 6

Findings

Answer 6

Low anxiety - correctly identified 49%
High anxiety - correctly identified 33%

Question 7

RTS the negative effects of anxiety on the accuracy of EWT was conducted by Valentine and Mesout

Answer 7

used an objective measure (heart rate) to divide ppts into low and high anxiety groups. they were asked to take part in London Dungeon and asked to recall physical details of the actor. Show high anxiety lowered the accuracy of EWT.