Evaluation EWT- The wepon effect Flashcards
who lead this experiment
Johnson and scott 1976
what were the two conditions in the experiment
no wepon
wepon
what did the participants hear in the non wepon condition
they heard a convo about some equipment not working and then a man walked through the room holding a greese pen
what did the participants hear in the wepon condition
they heard loud argument, crashing chairs, breaing glasses. a man then walkes through the room with a paper cutter knife with bloody hands
each of the participants from both conditions were asked
to identify the man from 50 photos
what did the study’s show
to correctly identify the criminal were reduced if they were holding a paper cutter knife
why is the a negative for EWT
because more people were focused on the wepon than the person.
