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Pyschology Miss leading information and Eye witness testimony (Anxiety)
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AS - Level Pyscology Mind Map on Pyschology Miss leading information and Eye witness testimony (Anxiety), created by jacksoncorbs on 15/10/2015.
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Pyschology Miss leading information and Eye witness testimony (Anxiety)
Research
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
Lab experiment
5 groups of students watched a video of a car accident
Used different words to describe the crash to see how fast they estimated the car was going
Smashed (Estimate 41 miles)
Collided
Bumped
Hit
Contacted (Estimate 31 miles)
What is Miss leading information?
Leading a question can emply that a certain answer is correct!
Examples!
Repeating the question
Ending with 'Didn't you' or 'are you sure'
What is Eye Witness Testimony (EWT)?
Eye witness testimony is the statement of a witness to a crime
It presents a huge issue as according to research our memory is not always accurate
Their has been a lot of research into how anxiety effects the accuracy of a testimony given.
Research
Johnson and Scott, the Pen and the Knife study
Lab experiment
Two groups, two conditions
Condition A - A convosation could be herd about equipment failure in the next room from the PP's, walked past the group holding a pen after
Condition B - A heated argument could be herd in the next room (Glass smashing and chairs thrown), man walked past holding a blood stained knife after
Results
PP's were asked to recall the face of the man carrying the pen and the man carrying the knife out of 50 pictures
The pen - 49% could identify the man holding the pen
The knife - Only 33% could idntify the man holding the knife
It is believed that anxiety stopped the witness being able to take in key infomation
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