inverted U theory

Question 1

The relationship between emotional arousal and memory accuracy can be described by…

Answer 1

DAn inverted U shape

Question 2

When Jennifer Thompson was brutally assaulted in her own flat, how do you think emotional arousal affected her memory accuracy?

Answer 2

CHer memory would be worse than normal because she was feeling very emotional

Question 3

Strong emotions like anxiety can influence memory accuracy in two ways:

If people feel a little bit anxious, their accuracy gets .

But if people feel very anxious, their accuracy gets .

Answer 3

If people feel a little bit anxious, their accuracy gets better .

But if people feel very anxious, their accuracy gets worse .

Question 4

Yuille and Cutshall found that witnesses who had experienced a real-life, traumatic event had incredibly good memory accuracy for the event, even though it was five months later!

Answer 4

CNo, because these witnesses would have high levels of anxiety, which the inverted U-curve predicts should make their memory accuracy worse.

Question 5

A criticism of Yuille and Cutshall’s study is that…

Answer 5

Cit was difficult to control extraneous variables.

Question 6

Which statements are correct about Johnson and Scott’s weapons study and Yuille and Cutshall’s study?

Answer 6

AJohnson and Scott’s weapons study found that participants who witnessed a scary event remembered less accurately than those who experienced a neutral event.

CJohnson and Scott’s weapons study supports Deffenbecher’s inverted U curve.

EYuille and Cutshall’s study of memory of a real-life traumatic event shows that people who witnessed a scary event remember accurately.