EWT - anxiety

• What physiological responses may witnesses experience during high anxiety events?

  Increased heart rate and sweating
• What psychological responses may witnesses experience during high anxiety events?

  Fear and shock
• How can heightened physiological arousal affect eyewitness testimony (EWT)?

  It can enhance EWT by putting witnesses on "red alert" to notice more sensory cues
• In what way does the fight-or-flight response relate to eyewitness testimony?

  It heightens physiological arousal, which can improve the accuracy of EWT
• What were the findings of Yuille and Cutshall's (1986) research on eyewitnesses?

  • Interviewed real-life eyewitnesses to a fatal shooting
  • Witnesses with high stress reported more accurate recall months later
  • Anxiety appeared to boost memory rather than hinder it
• What is the relationship between anxiety and memory recall according to Yuille and Cutshall's study?

  Higher anxiety levels were associated with more accurate memory recall