Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety

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psychologists tend to believe that small increases in anxiety and arousal may

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increase the accuracy of memory

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psychologists also believe that high levels of anxiety and arousal may have

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a negative effect on accuracy

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in violent crimes, the victim may

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focus on central details such as a weapon and neglect other details

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Loftus date

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1979

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Loftus study

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weapon focus in EWT

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Method: the study was an

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independent groups design

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Method: participants heard an

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argument in the next room

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Method: Condition 1

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a man came out of the room with a pen and grease on his hands

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Method: Condition 2

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a man came out of the room with a knife covered in blood

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Method: participants were then asked to identify the man from

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50 pictures

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Results: Condition 1

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49% accuracy

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Results Condition 2

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33% accuracy

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Conclusion: when anxious and aroused

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witnesses focus on the weapon and not the person

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Evaluation: the study has high

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ecological validity

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Evaluation: there are ethical considerations due

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to the potential that the participants were stressed