Loftus&Palmer. 3 groups
one group hit one group
smashed 3rd not asked. 1
week later 'did you see any
broken glass' Group
smashed twice as likely.
Anxiety
Loftus. Outside lab exposed to
1or2 situations. (1) Low key
discussion about equip failure,
left holding pen with greasy
hands. (2) Heated discussion,
breaking/crashing man with
knife&blood. Given photos.
Pen man: 49%
Blood man 33% due to weapons
effect which results in accurate
weapon recall but diminished
peripheral details(Man)
Christianson&Hubbinette,
110 witnesses, 22 real life
robberies, greater anxiety
better recall even after 15
month
Age
Kent&Youille: 9/14
Parker&Carranza:
primary/college
Gross&Hayne:
5 year
Mermon:
16-33/60-82
Cognative Interview
(Fisher&Geiselman)
Report Everything
Context reinstatement
Changing the order
Changing the perspective
Evaluation
Kohnken: Meta
analysis,
Increase of 34%
Fisher: Police miami
real life settings
showed big increase
Milne&Bull: all 4 aspects
used=great recall
Kebbel: not all 4
aspects were used in
Uk so not as good
Geiselman: not good on
children under 8 as
instructions too difficult
Wagstaff: Takes too long
Memory Improvement
Acronym
Acrostic poems
Rhymes
Chunking
Peg word system
Loci
Keyword
Bower: (Organisation) 112
words, 65% experimental, 21%
control group.
Bower&Clark: (Story) 12 lists of
10 unrelated words into storys,
90% compared to 10%