factors affecting accuracy of ewt - misleading information ao1

Question 1

what can affect the accuracy of ewt

Answer 1

anxiety
misleading information

Question 2

accuracy of ewt can be imporved by

Answer 2

cognitive interview

Question 3

ewt definitiona

Answer 3

account give by someone of a crime usually

Question 4

misleading info def

Answer 4

incorrect info given to ewt usually after the event which distorts what they remember

Question 5

2 types of misleading info

Answer 5

leading questions
post event discussion

Question 6

what is a leading question

Answer 6

questions phrased in a way that they lead us or imply us to a specific answer

Question 7

who and when did research into leading questions

Answer 7

loftus and palmer 1963

Question 8

loftus and palmer 1963 - what did they make ppts doo

Answer 8

45 ppts to watch film clips of car accidnet
then asked ppts a critical question how fast were the cars going when they ______ eachother?

Question 9

what did loftus and palmer ask ppts

Answer 9

then asked ppts a critical question how fast were the cars going when they ______ eachother

Question 10

5 verbs used in critical questions

Answer 10

bumped
knocked
hit
contacted
smashed

Question 11

mean estimate speed for groups who heard word contacted was

Answer 11

38.8 mph

Question 12

mean estimate speed for groups who heard word smashed was

Answer 12

40.5mph

Question 13

what do findings of loftus and palmer suggest

Answer 13

leading question biased the ew recall of event

Question 14

2 reasons why leading questions affect ewt

Answer 14

response bias
substitution bias

Question 15

what is response bias

Answer 15

wording of question doesnt affect ppts memory just affects what we say when we answer

Question 16

what is substitution bias

Answer 16

wording of question changes ppts memory of event

Question 17

substitution bias lead to..

Answer 17

loftus palmer second expiremenr 1974

Question 18

what happened in loftus and palmers second expiriment

Answer 18

ppl who heard the critical verb smashed more likely to report broken glass although there wasnt any then ppts who heard the word hit

Question 19

what is post event discusiion

Answer 19

more than 1 witness
they discuess what theyve seen with eachother or with other ppl
could influence accuacy of recall of event

Question 20

who studied post event discussion

Answer 20

gabbert et al 2003

Question 21

procedure of gabbert et al 2003

Answer 21

ppts paired up
each ppt watched video of same crime at different angles
and so saw differernt things eg one of pptsv able to see title of a book carried by a woman
then ppts pairednback and allowed to discuss what they saw
there was also a control grouo where there was no post event discussion

Question 22

findings from gabbert et al 2003

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71 % of ppts mistakenly recalled info they couldnt of seen but picked up on during post event discussion
vs in the control grouo where 0% of ppts picked up on things they couldnt have seen

Question 23

2 explanations fot effects of ped

Answer 23

memory contamination
memory conformity

Question 24

what is memory contamination

Answer 24

memories become altered or distorted bc they combine info from other witnesses with their own memories

Question 25

what is memory conformity

Answer 25

witnesses go along with eachother to win social approval or because they think others are right