positive effcts

• positive effects of anxiety procedure

  study of actual shooting in gun store

  shop owner shot thief to death,

  13 witnesses took part in study,

  interviewed 4-5 months after incident compared with original police interviews

  accuracy determined by number of detailed reported, also asked to rate stress and whether they had emotional problems since
• positive effects findings/conclusions

  witnesses very accurate

  little change in amount recalled

  some details less accurate (like age, height estimates, etc)

  highest levels of stress most accurate

  suggests anxiety not detrimental effect in real-world context