Evaluation of anxiety - EWT

Question 1

What experiment did Pickles 1998 conduct?

Answer 1

using scissors, a handgun and a wallet as hand held items in a hairdressing salon video

Question 2

What did Pickles 1988 find?

Answer 2

EW accuracy poorer in high unusualness conditions - suggests weapon focus due to unusualness rather than anxiety or a threat

Question 3

How do field studies lack control?

Answer 3

influence of media - extraneous variables

Question 4

How are there ethical issues?

Answer 4

-subject to psychological harm - real life situations may be harsh so why repeat it

Question 5

Inverted U theory?

Answer 5

-difficult to measure/define accurately as it has lots of elements

Question 6

Natural disasters?

Answer 6

can’t be tested properly unless there is a moderate anxiety group too

Question 7

How might weapon focus effect not be relevant?

Answer 7

They may focus on weapon as they are surprised at what they see

Question 8

How are there demand characteristics?

Answer 8

Most studies show a filmed crime - most work out themselves they are going to be asked questions about what they’ve seen