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HINDERS EWT
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WHO CARRIED OUT STUDIES SUGGESTING THAT ANXIETY HINDERS EWT?
Loftus
and
Burns
Johnson
and
Scott
WHAT WAS THE RESEARCH METHOD OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
laboratory experiment
WHAT WAS THE DESIGN OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
independent groups
SAMPLE OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
226 participants
PROCEDURE OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
Participants
viewed
a
bank robbery film
115 participants
viewed a
violent version
, whereas
115
viewed a
non-violent
Immediately
had to
answer questions
after
CRITICAL QUESTION
: asked what the
number
was on the
football jersey
of a boy
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE VIOLENT VERSION OF THE FILM IN LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
boy shot
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NON-VIOLENT FILM OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
manager speaks
FINDINGS OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
4
%
correctly recalled
number
in
violent conditions
28
%
correctly recalled
number
in
non-violent conditions
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
study replication
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE STUDY REPLICATION OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
same effect
WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY REPLICATION?
given
4
possible
number options
RESEARCH METHOD OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
laboratory experiment
DESIGN OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
independent groups
CONDITION 1 OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
no weapon
overheard
equipment failure conversation
saw someone with
inky pen
CONDITION 2 OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
weapon
overheard
argument
someone walked past with
bloody letter opener
FINDINGS OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
49
% in
condition 1
correctly identified target
33
% in
condition 2
correctly identified target
WHAT IS WEAPON FOCUS?
witness
concentrates
on
weapon
creating a
negative effect
on
recall
of
other
crime-related details
due to
heightened anxiety
WEAKNESSES OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
artificial environment
not
same
anxiety
as
real robbery
weapon effect
may
not happen
in
real crimes
witnesses
in
real crimes
more fearful
for
life
not
as
motivated
to
correctly
identify
WHAT DOES THE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT OF LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY CAUSE?
lack
of
mundane realism
WHAT DOES THE DIFFERENCE IN LEVEL OF ANXIETY CAUSE IN LOFTUS AND BURN'S STUDY?
lacks
ecological validity
, therefore it is
not
creditworthy
WEAKNESSES OF JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S STUDY?
participants knew
they were
waiting
for an
experiment
therefore the
identification
did
not impact
a
real criminal investigation
WHO SUPPORTED THE CLAIM THAT THE WEAPON EFFECT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN REAL CRIMES?
Valentine et al
ISSUE ABOUT PARTICIPANTS KNOWING THEY WERE WAITING FOR AN EXPERIMENT IN JOHNSON AND SCOTT'S EXPERIMENT?
identification
does
not have
an
impact
, as it is
not
a
real criminal investigation
WHAT IS THE ISSUE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN FEAR FOR LIFE IN THE STUDIES?
produce
adrenaline
, therefore
more alert
to
details