Eye Witness Testimony - Misleading Information Evaluation

Question 1

strengths

Answer 1

research is ethically considered

Practical application
cognitive interview

Question 2

weaknesses

Answer 2

artificial task

demand characteristics

Question 3

ethics

Answer 3

watching videos reduces anxiety of ppt

protection of ppt is good

not exposed to unnecessary harm

Question 4

practical application

Answer 4

Loftus believed leading Q had such distorting effect - police had to be very careful how they phrased words

cognitive interview - avoids leading questions + PED

Question 5

artificial task

Answer 5

L+P

watched clips of car accidents - lacks stress of a real accident

theres evidence that emotion influences memory

artifical task tell us little on how LQ effects EWT in real accidents

reduces validity

Question 6

demand characteristics

Answer 6

Zaragosa + McCloskey

argued lab study answers resulted in demand characteristics

if ppt didn’t know answer to a question - especially a yes/no question , more likely to say yes - seems more helpful

reduces internal validity