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EWT - Age
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- 1Anastasi & Rhodes•3 age groups: young, middle, old
•asked to rate 24 photos - 8 of each age
•photo recognition of 48 photos inc. 24
• young & middle more accurate recognition, however yourecognizedsed old less : vise versa (OWN AGE BIAS)
• Real world application however may have extraneous variables - 2Dekle et al•Children more willing than adults to make positive identification
- 3Yarmey•Carried out a staged event and found that elderly people were more prone to error than children: 80% failed to mention the knife than 20% of the children
- demand characteristics
-investigator effect ?? - 4Warren et al•older children more influenced by leading Q's than adults
-children may not understand instructions. - 5Gruneberg & Morris• Recall better in children if context in event is reinstated
-supports cognitive interviews - 6Dodson & Krueger• matched college students and older people
• watched burglary video then asked 24 Q's - 8 misleading
• asked to rate confidence
• found that there was no difference in effect of misleading Q's but older participants were more confident
-real life- matching participants useful control
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- A Levels Psychology Flashcards on EWT - Age , created by Angel Nicole on 30/03/2015.
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