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2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology > Memory: Factors Effecting The Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony TW > Flashcards

Memory: Factors Effecting The Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony TW Flashcards

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1
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What are 2 factors affecting eyewitness testimony?

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  1. Misleading information
  2. Anxiety
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What are 2 examples of “misleading information”?

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  1. Leading questions
  2. Post-event discussion
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Leading questions is an example of what factor affecting EWT?

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Misleading information

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Post-event discussion is an example of what factor affecting EWT?

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Misleading information

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What is a ‘leading question’

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A question that wrongly implies something about an event

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“A question which wrongly implies something about an event” is referring to…

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Leading questions

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Who investigated the effect of leading questions on the accuracy of EWT?

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Loftus + Palmer

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Loftus + Palmer investigated which factor affecting the accuracy of EWT?

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Leading questions

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What method did Loftus + Palmer use to study leading questions?

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Lab experiment

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What was the aim of Loftus + Palmer’s experiment?

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To investigate how the phrasing of a question can affect participants memory of an event

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Name all of the verbs used in Loftus + Palmers experiment

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Smashed
Hit
Collided
Bumped
Contacted

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How many verbs were used in Loftus + Palmers experiment?

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5

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Which of the following was NOT a verb used in Loftus and Palmers experiment?

Collided, slammed, bumped, contacted, smashed

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Slammed

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Which verb produced the highest mean speed in Loftus + Palmer’s research?

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Smashed

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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb was smashed in Loftus + Palmer’s research?

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40.5 mph

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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb used was contacted in Loftus and Palmer’s research?

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31.8 mph

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What was the IV of Loftus + Palmers experiment?

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The verb used in the critical question

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What was the DV in Loftus + Palmers experiment?

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The participants speed estimates in mph

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AO3: Loftus + Palmer used a lab experiment. Name one STRENGTH of using a lab experimental method.

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High control over extraneous variables - high in internal validity

OR

Uses standardised instructions, which can be repeated - high in reliability

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AO3: Loftus + Palmer showed participants a video of a car crash - how could this be criticised? Why is this a problem?

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Mundane realism - artificial task of watching video of car crash unlike real life - low in external validity

21
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What two ways does post-event discussion affect accuracy of EWT?

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  1. Memory contamination
  2. Memory conformity
22
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Memory contamination is where co-witnesses memory of an event is altered because they __________ information from other witnesses

A

Combine

23
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What explanation of conformity would explain a witness going along with another witness’ version of events to be liked?

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Normative social influence

24
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What explanation of conformity would explain a witness going along with another witness because they believe the other is right?

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Informational social influence

25
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In what 2 ways can memory conformity influence EWT?

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Witnesses change recall to be liked (NSI)

AND

Witnesses change recall to be right (ISI)

26
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Who found that anxiety has a negative effect on accuracy of EWT?

A

Johnson + Scott

27
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Who found that anxiety has a positive effect on the accuracy of EWT?

A

Christianson + Hubinette

28
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A theory to explain the differences between Johnson + Scott and Christianson + Hubinette’s research is…

A

The Yerkes Dodson Law

29
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This proposes that anxiety and the accuracy of EWT is not a simple relationship

A

The Yerkes Dodson Law

30
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Research such as Johnson & Scott can be criticised on ethical issues because …

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it provokes anxiety which could cause psychological harm

31
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How can Christianson + Hubinette’s research be criticised?

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They interviewed participants (4-15) months after the bank robbery and so post-event discussion may have taken place

32
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The Yerkes Dodson Law suggests that if you have too little levels of anxiety…

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Accuracy of EWT will be poor

33
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How does the Yerkes Dodson Law suggests too much anxiety will affect accuracy of EWT?

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Negatively - poor accuracy of EWT

34
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What does the following graph suggest about having anxiety and task performance (EWT)

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There is an optimum level of anxiety which will increase accuracy of EWT

35
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Johnson + Scott conducted their research in an artificial environment - true or false?

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True - it was a lab experiment

36
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In the ‘low anxiety’ condition of Johnson + Scott, a man walked out of the room with paint on his hands carrying a pen - true or false

A

False - it was grease

37
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In the ‘low anxiety’ condition of Johnson + Scott’s research, what did the man carry?

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A pen (with grease on his hands)

38
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In the ‘high anxiety’ condition of Johnson + Scott’s research, what did the man walk out carrying?

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A knife (with blood on his hands)

39
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What was the DV in Johnson + Scott’s research?

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Whether the participants could correctly identify the man from 50 images

40
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What % of accuracy was found for the low anxiety condition in Johnson + Scott’s research?

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49 %

41
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What % of accuracy was found for the high anxiety condition in Johnson + Scott’s research?

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33 %

42
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Christianson + Hubinette conducted a lab experiment - true or false

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False

43
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In Christianson + Hubinette’s research, what had happened to those who experienced “high anxiety” in the bank robbery?

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They had been directly threatened

44
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In Christianson + Hubinette’s research, who were classed as having “low anxiety” during the bank robbery?

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Bystanders / customers

45
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Christianson + Hubinette found that anxiety…

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Increases the accuracy of EWT

46
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What was the IV in Johnson + Scott’s research?

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High or low anxiety condition

47
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Johnson + Scott used a lab experiment method.

What are 2 limitations of using this method?

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Increased chance of demand characteristics - participants are aware they are taking part in a study and so may change their behaviour - reducing the internal validity

OR

Low ecological validity - research takes place in artificial setting, meaning it is harder to generalise to real life settings

48
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Name 2 factors affecting the accuracy of EWT

A

Misleading information

AND

Post event discussion

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