EWT - Anxiety

Question 1

Argument - anxiety has a negative effect on recall

Answer 1

Anxiety create physiological arousal in the body which prevents one from paying attention to important cues, making recall worse

Question 2

Who researched negative effect on recall

Answer 2

Johnson and Scott

Question 3

Johnson and Scott procedure

Answer 3

Led ppts to believe the were in a lab experiment. 2 conditions low and high anxiety. While sitting in the waiting room in the 1st condition ppts overheard an argument and saw a man walk with greasy hands and a pen. 2nd condition overheard an argument, glass smash and saw a man walk out with a bloody knife

Question 4

Johnson and Scott Findings

Answer 4

Ppts had to pick out the man out of 50 photos later. low anxiety 49% compared to 33% high anxiety

Question 5

Johnson and Scott A03

Answer 5

Pickel - unusualness not anxiety
study conducted in hair salon with raw chicken and scissors

Question 6

Argument for anxiety having a positive effect on rrecall

Answer 6

A flight or fight response is triggered increasing alertness therefore improving memory/recall.

Question 7

Who researched positive effect on recall

Answer 7

Yuille and Cutshall

Question 8

Yuille and Cutshall procedure

Answer 8

Conducted a study on real life shooting at gun shop. Owner shot a thief dead. 23 witnesses, 13 ppts. ppts were interviewed 4-5 months after original interview, accuracy of recall was determined by provided details. They were asked to rate their stress levels during the incident on a scale of 7.

Question 9

Yuille and Cutshall findings

Answer 9

Those who reported experiencing higher levels of stress were most accurate 88% compared to 75%

Question 10

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Answer 10

Inverted U-theory - performance increases with stress to a certain point then decreases significantly