Anxiety - EWT

Question 1

What did Johnson and Scott lead participants to believe?

Answer 1

they were taking part in a lab study

Question 2

What did participants encounter when waiting in a room? (Johnson and Scott)

Answer 2

• heard argument
• in low anxiety conditions, man walked past with a pen and grease on hands
• high anxiety conditions, man walked past holding a knife covered in blood

Question 3

What did findings demonstrate? (Johnson and Scott) ?

Answer 3

• participants who had to pick out the man from selection of 50, 49% picked out correct person holding pen
• 33% picked out correct person holding a knife

Question 4

What did Yuille and Cutshall 1968 study? (Positive effects of anxiety on recall)

Answer 4

real-life shooting in a gun shop in Vancouver which shop owner shot a thief dead

Question 5

How many people took part? (Yuille…)

Answer 5

21 witnesses

Question 6

When were interviews held? (Yuille…)

Answer 6

over 4-5 months after the incident and were compared to initial police interviews

Question 7

What were witnesses asked to do? (Yuille…)

Answer 7

rate how stressed they felt at the time of the incident

Question 8

Results of witness accounts? (Yuille…)

Answer 8

were accurate with little change although some weren’t as good

Question 9

Those who reported higher stress levels? (Yuille…)

Answer 9

were most accurate (88% compared to 75%