Eyewitness Testimony

Define eyewitness testimony

Can you give an example of a leading question?

What is wrong with eyewitness accounts?

How does eyewitness accounts link to cognitive psychology?

Name the psychologists who researched into this topic

What was the aim of Loftus and Palmer's study?

How many experiments did they carry out?

Explain the method of the first experiement

What did Loftus and Palmer find?

Explain the second experiment made by Loftus and Palmer?

What did L&P find in their second study?

What could you conclude from L&P's results?

Given the knowledge that it is an artificial experiment, how could you critique this?

How could you criticise the chosen experimental design in L&P's study?

Who else did Loftus conduct a study with in relevance to leading questions?

Explain the method in L&Z's study?

What did Loftus and Zanni find?

What type of experiment was L&Z's study?

What is good about the type of experiment Loftus and Zanni used?

How is the ecological validity affected in Loftus and Zanni's study?

What else can affect the accuracy of recall?

List the two psychologists who provided evidence on post-event discussion

Describe Shaw et al's study?

What dispositional factors can affect recall and focus?

Who provided evidence to show the effect of age on eyewitness testimony

Explain the method in V&C's study?

What were the three groups of participants in Valentines and Coxon's study?

Which group(s) gave incorrect answers when they were asked non-leading questions?

Which group was misled more by leading questions?

What could one conclude with these results?

Ecological Validity?

What is the relationship between anxiety and EWT accuracy?

Who conducted research looking into the effect of anxiety?

What type of experiment design did Loftus use?

Describe Loftus' method

What did Loftus find?

Looking at the results, what could you conclude?

At first glance of the study, what would be the major criticism of Loftus' study?

Was the study affected in terms of ecological validity?

Is there any evidence to show that misleading questions and anxiety don't always effect EWT?

What is the cognitive interview?

Who developed the cognitive interview?

Briefly, explain the process of the cognitive interview

True or false:
Did Geiselman (et al) find no supporting evidence to this?

Explain Geiselman's (et al) study

What did Geiselman find?

Would you say the cognitive interview is more effective judging by the results?

Ecological Validity?

Ethics?