weakness 1

• What is a weakness of the cognitive approach in psychology?

  Lacks ecological validity due to lab settings
• What type of research creates internally valid findings?

  Laboratory experiments
• What did Loftus and Palmer (1974) study?

  The effect of leading questions on memory
• In Loftus and Palmer's study, what did participants estimate?

  The speed of cars in a video clip
• Why is Loftus and Palmer's experiment considered low in ecological validity?

  It lacked mundane realism in a lab setting
• How does witnessing a real car accident differ from watching one in a lab?

  Real witnesses experience emotions influencing memory
• What emotional factors influence memory in eyewitnesses?

  Emotions such as fear
• Why can't findings from laboratory experiments be generalized to real life?

  They do not reflect real-life eyewitness experiences
• What does ecological validity refer to?

  Generalizability of findings to real-world settings
• What is mundane realism?

  How closely a study mirrors real-life situations
• How does motivation affect eyewitness memory?

  Increases attention to detail in real events
• What is the impact of emotions like fear on memory recall?

  They can enhance or distort memory accuracy