Anxiety Flashcards
What is the curve called?
Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis of anxiety.
What is the first section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Low anxiety, really low recall levels.
What are some examples of things you may have witnessed that would place you in the first section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Stealing, things that don’t affect you.
Why are there low recall levels in the first section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Because it never made it to short term memory because it was so insignificant.
What is an example of a study that took place where the ppts would have been in the first section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Loftus car study - not scary to the ppts and so they were really easily manipulated.
What is the second section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Medium anxiety, good amount because you are actually scared.
What happens to your body if you experience something in the second section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Your body realises adrenaline (peak adrenaline) which heightens your senses.
Pupils dilate so you see more.
What is an example of a study that took place where the ppts would have been in the second section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Yuille and Cutshall’s case study of a real life crime - they were Canadian (used to guns) and it wasn’t pointed at them, however people were killed.
What is the third section of the What is an example of a study that took place where the ppts would have been in the first section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
High anxiety, sensory shut down, faint - no recall.
What does you body experience a sensory shut down in the third section of the Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U hypothesis?
Too much adrenaline, overloads the senses.
What study can be used to help evaluate the Yerkes-Dodson inserted-U hypothesis?
Johnson and Scott (1976) - Weapon effect.
What happened in the first condition of Johnson and Scott’s weapon effect study?
Ppts were waiting outside a laboratory overhearing an exchange between people in a close room. A man walks out holding a pen. Ppts were asked to identify the man out of a set of photos.
What happened in the second condition of Johnson and Scott’s weapon effect study?
Ppts were waiting outside a laboratory overhearing an exchange between people in a close room. A man walks out holding a knife covered in blood. Ppts were asked to identify the man out of a set of photos.
What were the accuracy percentages in the Johnson and Scott weapon effect study in condition one compared to condition two.
Condition 1 = low anxiety and no weapon focus.
= 49%
Condition 2 = high anxiety and weapon focus.
= 33%
What do the results of the Johnson and Scott weapon effect study show and who proved these?
Loftus beloved that the presence of and anxiety elicited by the weapon narrowed the focus of attention.
