FACTORS AFFECTING EWT - ANXIETY Flashcards
weapon focus can be seen as…
irrelevant
why can weapon focus be seen as irrelevant?
because it could test the element of surprise rather than anxiety
who found that the weapon focus may be irrelevant?
Pickel who did scissors, chicken and a gun as handheld items in a salon
what were the results of Pickel’s findings?
scissors were low anxiety, chicken and gun were high anxiety
what does Pickel’s findings suggest about weapon focus?
that it is due to unusualness and tells us nthing specifically about effect of weapon on EWT
research into anxiety has..
ethical issues
why is research into anxiety unethical?
because it subjects ppts to psychological harm for the purpose of research
what is more beneficial for psychologists to use rather than researching anxiety in a lab?
using real life cases, where there is no need to create anxiety
what can we question about johnson and scott’s research?
the need for it
how can we counteract questioning the need for johnson and scott’s research?
we need this research to compare it with the findings from less controlled field’s
benefits outweigh the issues
what can the field studies by yuille and cutshall lack?
control
when do the real life interviews such as the ones in yuille and cutshall’s study occur?
they occur sometime after the crime happened, could’ve discussed the event or seen different accounts of it
why is the lack of control in yuille and custhall’s study a limitation?
because extraneous variables may be responsible for the accuracy of recall
the effects of anxiety in field studies may be…
overwhelmed by information and it’s effects are impossible to assess by the time of interview
