how does anxiety improve EWT Flashcards
1
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Evolutionary Psychologists
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increased anxiety = more EWT
remember past fears - avoid in future in order to survive
2
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Yuille and Cutshall’s 13 witnesses
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witness a shooting
- high anxiety yet accurate EWT interview
3
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Christianson 1992
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recall for negative emotional events = better than neutrally emotionally events
- higher emotion / anxiety
4
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Christianson and Hubinette 1993
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58 robbery witnesses interviewed
EWT was 75% accurate - highly stressful
5
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Deffenbacher 1983
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Yerkes Dodson effect
6
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what is the Yerkes Dodson effect
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curvilinear graph - low anxiety = low ETW
optimum anxiety = most accurate EWT
TOO high anxiety = inaccuracy - WFE
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