Question 1
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Which psychologists carried out research into anxiety and eyewitness testimony?
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Peterson and Peterson and Hodges and Tizard
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Loftus and Palmer
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Deffenbacher, Yerkes Dodson, Christianson and Hubinette, Loftus and Fisher
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Parker and Carranza, Yarmey, Memon et all
Question 2
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What research method was used in Deffenbacher's study into anxiety and eyewitness testimony?
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Meta-analysis
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Longitudinal study
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Lab experiemnt
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Field Experiment
Question 3
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What did Deffenbacher conclude from his research into anxiety and eyewitness testimony?
Question 4
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Deffenbacher's meta-analysis is high in......
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fibre
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ecological validity
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reliability
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generalisability
Question 5
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Deffenbacher's meta-analysis was low in.....
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Ecological validity
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generalisabilty
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sugar
Question 6
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What did Christianson and Hubinette conclude from their study?
Question 7
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What did Christianson and Hubinettes's research include?
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a questionaire about anxiety and eyewitness testimony
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Nothing is only gives quantitative data in the form of a graph
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58 witnesses of a real life robbery
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the cognitive interview
Question 8
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What was significant about Christianson and Hubinette's findings?
Question 9
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What does the Yerkes Dodson Law say about the relationship between anxiety and eyewitness testimony?
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It is linear- There is a positive correlation
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It is linear- There is a negative correlation
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There is no correlation
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There is curvilinear relationship
Question 10
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What does the Yerkes Dodson Law say about anixety and eyewitness testimony?
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Anxiety has a negative affect on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Low and very high levels of anxiety have a negative affect on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, but moderate levels see optimum accurate recall and so has a positive affect on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Anxiety has a positive affect on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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There is no effect on eyewitness testimony
Question 11
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What sort of experiment was Loftus' Weapon Focus
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Field
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Naturalistic
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Lab
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Observation
Question 12
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What type of people was the experiment carried out on?
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The old
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Children
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University students
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Teachers
Question 13
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What were the two conditions in Loftus' Weapon Focus experiment?
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1) an intruder with grease on his hands and a pen
2) an intruder with blood on his hands and a penknife
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1) an intruder dressed as a clown
2) an intruder dressed as a ghost
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1) an intruder dressed as a teddy bear
2) an intruder dressed as a lion
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1) a lecturer dressed as a pigeon
2) a lecturer dressed in normal attire
Question 14
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What did Loftus' Weapon Focus find?
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Anxiety negatively affects the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Anxiety positively affects the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Anxiety has no affect on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Question 15
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How was accuracy of eyewitness testimony tested in Loftus' Weapon focus?
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asked to describe features of the intruder
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Asked to select the intruder from a selection of photographs
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Asked to name the intruder
Question 16
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Who proposed the repression theory?
Question 17
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Who did it focus on?
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Blind
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Children
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Child rape victims
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Child neglect victims
Question 18
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What did the Repression study propose about anxiety and eyewitness testimony?
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Anxiety negatively affected the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Anxiety positively affected the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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Anxiety had no affect on eyewitness testimony
Question 19
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Christianson and Hubinette's study was high in......
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Ecological validity
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generalisability
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face validity
Question 20
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Christianson and Hubinette's study was low in.....
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ecological validity
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reliability
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generalisability
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inter-rater reliability
Question 21
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Is the Weapon Focus experiment ethical?
Question 22
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Loftus' Weapon Focus was...
Question 23
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Fisher's repression study was high in.....
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generalisability
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ecological validity
Question 24
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Fisher's repression study was low in.....
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generalisability
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reliability