anxiety

Subdecks (3)

Cards (13)

  • unusualness, not anxiety
    P: limitation - study tested unusualness, not anxiety
    E: The researcher conducted an experiment with a handgun, raw chicken, scissors, and wallet in a hairdressing salon
    E: EWT poorer in high unusualness situations
    L: therefore weapon focus effect due to unusualness, not anxiety
  • support for negative effects
    P: strength - evidence for negative effects of anxiety
    E: The researcher used heart rate to divide ppts into high and low-anxiety groups
    E: anxiety disrupted the ability to recall details about actor in London Dungeons
    L: therefore therefore anxiety can have a negative effect
  • support for positive effects
    P: strength - support for positive effects of anxiety
    E: 58 witnesses to a bank robbery were interviewed
    E: 75% of all ppts were accurate in their recall
    L: therefore anxiety can have a positive effect on anxiety
  • counterpoint
    P: limitation - lack of control
    E: ppts were interviewed several months after the incident happened
    E: confounding variables such as post-event discussions may have overwhelmed effects of anxiety
    L: therefore lack of control over confounding variables may have invalidated findings