AQA-Psychology- Memory

Question 1 of 24

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Johnshon and scott studied the effects of what on EWT?

Select one of the following:

The effects of a weapon focus and anxiety
The effects of anxiety levels
The effects of leading questions
The effects of post event discussion
The effects of wepon focus

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

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Johnson and Scott conducted the study with two anxiety conditions, High and Low, what happened in each condition?

Select one or more of the following:

Low anxiety: A man walked through the waiting room with a pen covered in grease
Low anxiety: A man walked through the waiting room with a knife
High anxiety: Particpants heard glass break and a man walked through with a blood covered knife
High anxiety: A loud nosie was heard, a man walked through with a knife and bllod on his hands

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Question 3 of 24

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Johnson & Scott: In which condition was it easier to identify the man?

Select one of the following:

High anxiety
Low anxiety

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Question 4 of 24

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Johnson & scott concluded that paticpants fixated on the ( weapon, object, knife, item ), this is known as '( tunnel theory, tunnel vision, tunnel veiw )' or '( weapon focus, weapon veiw, weapon vison )'. Therfore they were ( less, more ) able to identify the man holding the knife. in cases where a weapon is present, EWT is likely to be ( less, more ) reliable.

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Question 5 of 24

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Johnson & Scott Evaluation:

Participates may fixate on weapons because of the ❌ rather than the idea of the weapon being ❌ itself. Pickel observed the same effects when a ❌ was in a hairdressers

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supprise

awareness

threating

covered in blood

raw chicken

cat

rubber glove

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Question 6 of 24

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Yuille and Cutshall studied the effects of anxiety on EWT, What was the real life event they studied?

Select one of the following:

A gun shop shooting, where the thief was shot dead
A petrol station shooting where the owner was shot dead
A petrol station shooting where the thief was shot dead
A gun shop shooting, where the owner was shot dead

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

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Yullie and Cutshall studied 13 out of the 21 eye witnesses from the event. How long after the original event did Yullie and Cutshall interview the Orginal EW?

Select one of the following:

4 to 5 weeks
4 to 5 days
4 to 5 months

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

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How was the accuracy determined of the eye witnesses testimony determined? And How did Y&C measure the stress of the EW at the time of the shooting?

Select one or more of the following:

participants were asked to rate their stress and weather they had had trouble sleeping after the event.
participants rated their stress out of 10 and then if they went to sleep that night
Participants interviews were compared to original police interviews
Policemen who conducted the first interviews watched the study and said if they were similar

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Question 9 of 24

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The Yerkes Dobson law is a theory that show people with very low and very high ( anxiety, fear, alertness ) are not ( effective, reliable, trustworthy ) eyewitnesses. People who have a ( medium, some, middle ) level of anxiety are alert enough to ( pay attention, watch, see the event ) but no so anxious they do not get ( fixated, drawn, attached ) on the particular aspects of the event.

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Question 10 of 24

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What did Loftus and Palmer's study the effect on EWT?

Select one of the following:

Leading Questions
Anxiety
Weapon focus
Time

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Question 11 of 24

1

Loftus and Palmer study involved showing participants a video clips of a lorry and car colliding

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 12 of 24

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Yuille and Cutshall found more detail than the police when they interviewed Eyewitnesses

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 13 of 24

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Yuille and Cutshall found eyewitnesses were ❌ and not ❌ by the researchers. The eye witnesses were not ❌, unlike those in ❌. The ❌ questions had little or no effect on recall ❌ with Loftus theory

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reliable

unreliable

inaccurate

Accurate

manipulated

influenced

lab studies

fake situations

misleading

infuentaul

disagreeing

agreeing

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Question 14 of 24

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What were the key strengths of Yuille and Cutshall study?

Select one or more of the following:

Good External Validity
Data is subjective (quantitative data)
Can be generalised
Strong scoring system

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

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Yuille and Cutshall's study has a weak scoring system what is another weakness of their study?

Select one of the following:

Cannot be generalised
Lacks external validity
Disruption to eyewitnesses

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Question 16 of 24

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Loftus and Palmer found that leading questions were biased of the EWT of the event. The verb '( contacted, smashed, hit, bumped )' resulted in an estimated speed of ( 31.8mph, 41.5mph ) compared to the verb '( smashed, collied, crashed, thrashed )' the estimated speed was ( 41.5mph, 31.8 mph ). This showed that the more ( violent, agressive ) the verb, the ( faster, slower ) the car was estimated to be going.

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Question 17 of 24

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Loftus and Palmer concluded that eyewitness testimony could be manipulated by the wording of questions. This shows it is possible to prompt a response where people can be lead to a false answer, even though memories were not altered

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

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What are the Key evaluation points for Loftus and Palmers study?

Select one or more of the following:

Limited real life applications (lab experiment)
Biased and Limited sample
Very reliable and repeatable
Lacks can be generalisation
Quantitative data

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

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What was the aim of Gabbert's study into EWT?

Select one of the following:

The effects of leading questions
The effects of post event discussion
The effects of anxiety

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Question 20 of 24

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Gabbert's sample consisted of 60 students from the university Aberdeen, and 60 adults from the local community. The participants watched a video of a ❌

Participants were tested individually (❌) and in pairs (❌), the co-witness group were told they watched the same video however they the had watched different videos of the same crime. Only one had witnessed the girl stealing the wallet.

Participants in the co-witness group ❌ the crime together. All of the participants answered a ❌ on the event

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girl stealing a wallet.

girl stealing bread

girl shoplifting

control group

co-witness group

discussed

watched

recalled

questionnaire

questions

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Question 21 of 24

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What were Gabbert's findings?

Select one or more of the following:

71% of the co witness group recalled information the hadn't seen
71% of the co witness group were accurate with there recall of events
60% of the co witness group said the girl was guilty
60% of the co witness group said the girl was not guilty

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Question 22 of 24

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	Created by Charlotte Akester over 7 years ago

Pyschology// memory

AQA-Psychology- Memory

Question 1 of 24

Johnshon and scott studied the effects of what on EWT?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

Johnson and Scott conducted the study with two anxiety conditions, High and Low, what happened in each condition?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 24

Johnson & Scott: In which condition was it easier to identify the man?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 24

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 5 of 24

Johnson & Scott Evaluation: Participates may fixate on weapons because of the ❌ rather than the idea of the weapon being ❌ itself. Pickel observed the same effects when a ❌ was in a hairdressers

Drag and drop to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 6 of 24

Yuille and Cutshall studied the effects of anxiety on EWT, What was the real life event they studied?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

Yullie and Cutshall studied 13 out of the 21 eye witnesses from the event. How long after the original event did Yullie and Cutshall interview the Orginal EW?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

How was the accuracy determined of the eye witnesses testimony determined? And How did Y&C measure the stress of the EW at the time of the shooting?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 24

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Question 10 of 24

What did Loftus and Palmer's study the effect on EWT?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 24

Loftus and Palmer study involved showing participants a video clips of a lorry and car colliding

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 24

Yuille and Cutshall found more detail than the police when they interviewed Eyewitnesses

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 24

Yuille and Cutshall found eyewitnesses were ❌ and not ❌ by the researchers. The eye witnesses were not ❌, unlike those in ❌. The ❌ questions had little or no effect on recall ❌ with Loftus theory

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Explanation

Question 14 of 24

What were the key strengths of Yuille and Cutshall study?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

Yuille and Cutshall's study has a weak scoring system what is another weakness of their study?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 24

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

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Question 17 of 24

Loftus and Palmer concluded that eyewitness testimony could be manipulated by the wording of questions. This shows it is possible to prompt a response where people can be lead to a false answer, even though memories were not altered

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

What are the Key evaluation points for Loftus and Palmers study?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

What was the aim of Gabbert's study into EWT?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 24

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Question 21 of 24

What were Gabbert's findings?

Johnson & Scott Evaluation:

Participates may fixate on weapons because of the ❌ rather than the idea of the weapon being ❌ itself. Pickel observed the same effects when a ❌ was in a hairdressers