A03

• How does anxiety affect EWT?

  Makes it more complex
• What were the findings?

  Inconsistent, contradictory and confusing
• What kind of anxiety is bad?

  Low and high
• What do they mean by cognitive factors?

  How much they worry
• What is a problem with lab studies?

  Somewhat over-exaggerated
• What do the negative effects and studies with real life witnesses show?

  A more positive picture
• What does anxiety do in a lab?

  Narrows the focus
• What does anxiety not help in a lab?

  Accuracy
• What does anxiety in the real world do?

  Improves accuracy
• What differences and moderating variables matter?

  Age

  ANS lability

  Whether they're a victim or bystander

  Personality
• Why is meta-analyses the most useful evidence?

  Anxiety doesn't produce a single consistent effect instead EWT can sometimes be enhanced by anxiety and sometimes be damaged by it
• Lab based studies can suffer from demand characteristics by the ps wanting to 'help' the researcher by giving responses they expect
• Can be unethical - lack of informed consent, lack of protection from harm