Misleading Info Flashcards
What are the 2 types of misleading info ?
. Leading questions
. Post event discussion
What was Lotus and Palmers study ?
. 45 students shown 7 films of traffic accidents
. One question where critical word ‘hit’ was changed
. Hit = 34mph Smashed = 40mph
What are the 3 evaluation points for misleading information ?
. Real life application
. Tasks are artificial
. Individual differences
What is a post event discussion ?
When there is more than 1 witness to an event
What is Fiona Gabbert et al’s study ?
. Studied participants in pairs
Experimental V control group
Experimental group discussed what they’d seen
. 71% of experimental group mistakenly recalled aspects
What is the evaluation for post event discussions
. real life application
What is anxiety ?
Unpleasent emotional state where we fear something bad is going to happen
What research to show anxiety has a NEGATIVE effect ?
Johnson and Scott
participants in a waiting room when they hear an argument in the next room and see a man leaving with an item
. Condition A) person holding pen
. Condition B) person holding blooded knife
Participants shown 50 photos asked to identify the person who left the room
^ showed anxiety had a neagtive effect only 33% accuracy on second condition - tunnel theory
What research to show anxiety has a POSITIVE effect ?
Youille and Cutshall
Real life shooting - 13/21 witnesses agreed to study
Interviewed 4-5 months after - compared to original police interview
Witnesses rated how stressed they felt at the time
^Proved anxiety had a positive effect - 88% accuracy
What is the evaluation for Johnson and Scott ?
. lab experiment
. ethical issues
. temporal validity
What is the evaluation for Youille and Cutshall ?
. Ethical issues
. Temporal validity - study done in 1986
. Real life study
What is Yerkes Dodson law ?
low anxiety - low accuracy
Optimal level of anxiety - max accuracy
^ any more anxiety accuracy will decline rapidly
