Memory Flashcards
Cognitive interview pos
P-supporting research Geiselman
E-pp watches a violent crime and were then subjected to standard interview (29%) and then cognitive interview (41%) accuracy
E-CI improves recall for EWT
L-increase ev
Cognitive interview neg
P-takes a lot of time and resources
E-you have to have specialty training for CI and it may not always be appropriate
E-Its not actually sustainable in a police work environment
L-decreases ev
Anxiety on EWT pos
Pos and neg effects
P-supporting research, Yerkes and Dodson
E- emotional arousal and recall graph is a u with a certain amount of anxiety being good for recall until it’s not
E-both pos and neg aspects of anxiety recall
L-decrease ev
Anxiety on EWT neg
Neg effects
P- Contradicting research, Pickel
E-Used a chicken cutlet, wallet, scissors and a gun with the cutest and the gun having worse recall
E-That it’s not a weapon focus effect but a surprising item
L-dEV
Anxiety effects on EWT pos
Positive effects
P-research support Christian and Hubinette
E-Bank robbery victims had better recall than the witnesses
E-a high anxiety situation can lead to better recall
L-increase IV
Accuracy of EWT, misleading info neg
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L-
Accuracy of EWT, misleading info pos
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E-
E-
L-
Accuracy of EWT, PED neg
P-Reseach support Bonder
E-PED doesn’t occur if warned about the effects
E-Its not the memory that is changed it’s simply the influence of others
L-DEV
Accuracy of EWT, PED pos
P-Prectical applications in the police force
E-innacurate testimonies can lead to false prosicution so police have been educated in the effects and manage this by telling witnesses about the effects (Bonder) and making sure to get testimonies quickly after incidents
E- improve QoL
L-usefull
Forgetting, retrieval failure pos
Forgetting, retrieval failure neg
Forgetting, interference pos
Forgetting, interference neg
WMM pos
P-Reseach support Baddeley
E- found that pp had more difficulty doing a verbal and visual task instead of two verbal
E- conflicting slave systems
L-increase internal validity
WMM neg
P - the theory lacked vital info until much later
E - Baddeley only added the central execuive in 2000
E - the theory wasnt initially fully formed which questions the reliability of it
-decrease the IV