Eyewitness Testimony: Age

Question 1

Valentine and Coxon (1997)

Answer 1

the effect of age on eyewitness testimony

Question 2

Valentine and Coxon date

Answer 2

1957

Question 3

Method: how many groups of participants took part?

Answer 3

three

Question 4

Method: what were the three groups?

Answer 4

children
young adults
elderly people

Question 5

Method: what did the participants do?

Answer 5

watch a video of a kidnapping

Question 6

Method: they were then asked a series of

Answer 6

leading and non-leading questions about what they had seen

Question 7

Results: elderly people and children

Answer 7

gave more incorrect answers

Question 8

Results: children were more likely to be

Answer 8

mislead then adults and the elderly

Question 9

Conclusion: age

Answer 9

does have an effect on EWT

Question 10

Evaluation: this has implications in

Answer 10

law when children or the elderly are questioned

Question 11

Evaluation: the experiment was

Answer 11

artificial as it wasn’t emotionally arousing as it would have been in real life

Question 12

Evaluation: due to the study being artificial, this means

Answer 12

the study lacks ecological validity