Anxiety

Question 1

What’s anxiety

Answer 1

Is a strong emotional nd physical state that effects EWT

Question 2

How does this effect acc of EWT

Answer 2

Negatively
Witness only focus on certain aspects of the event so their recall is limited

Question 3

Johnson e Scott
Aim

Answer 3

Inv effects of anxiety on accuracy of EWT

Question 4

Method

Answer 4

Lab

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

Ppt places in 2 conditions
-high anxiety weapon focus
-low anxiety

ALL ppt told to wait outside a room before exp began

HIGH anxiety= heard an argument sound of breaking glass a man walked out with a knife covered with blood

LOW anxiety= ppt heard argument , man walks out with geese on hands nd pen

Ppt then has to identify people who left room from 50 photos

Question 6

Findings

Answer 6

Ppt in low anxiety = correctly identified the men leaving room 49%

Ppt in high anxiety condition identified 33%

Question 7

Conclusion

Answer 7

Anxiety caused weapon focus as witness concentrates on the weapon not person cox of fear reducing accuracy

Question 8

RTS AO3

Answer 8

Valentine v messout
-Used a objective measure ( heart rate ) to divide ppt into low anx nd high anx group
-ppt took part in London dungeon where then asked to recall physical details of actor
-found= high anx had a low accuracy of EWT

Question 9

RTC Johnson e Scott AO3

Answer 9

-Christianson e hubbinette
-interviewed 58 real life witness of bank robbery, where some directly threatened ( bank teller - high anx) nd other bystanders ( low anx)

-found recall of all was more than 75% accurate across all witnesses
but those who got directly threatened had more accurate accounts

-this contradicts current research that anx reducers accuracy of EWT cox compared to real life causes of those who had high anx