Anxiety and ewt

• What factors affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimonies (EWT)?

  Misleading information and anxiety
• What are leading questions?

  Questions that influence a specific answer
• How do leading questions affect eyewitness testimonies?

  They increase the likelihood of biased answers
• Who conducted a study on leading questions in 1974?

  Loftus & Palmer
• What was the method used by Loftus & Palmer in their 1974 study?

  They showed 45 university students a road accident
• What was changed in Loftus & Palmer's key question?

  The verb used in the question
• What is the negative effect of post-event discussion?

  It can add misleading information to memories
• Who conducted a study on post-event discussion in 2003?

  Gabbert et al.
• What was the method used by Gabbert et al. in their 2003 study?

  Pairs watched a video from different angles
• What was the outcome of Gabbert et al.'s study regarding eyewitnesses?

  Participants mistakenly picked up information
• How does anxiety affect eyewitness testimony according to Johnson & Scott's 1976 study?

  It can make identification less accurate
• What did group 2 in Johnson & Scott's study see?

  A weapon (a knife)
• What did Yuille & Cutshall's 1986 study find about stress and accuracy?

  Higher stress levels correlated with accuracy
• What does Yuille & Cutshall's study suggest about anxiety and memory?

  Anxiety may enhance a witness's memory