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1
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What did Johnson and Scott lead participants to believe?

A

they were taking part in a lab study

2
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What did participants encounter when waiting in a room? (Johnson and Scott)

A
  • heard argument
  • in low anxiety conditions, man walked past with a pen and grease on hands
  • high anxiety conditions, man walked past holding a knife covered in blood
3
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What did findings demonstrate? (Johnson and Scott) ?

A
  • participants who had to pick out the man from selection of 50, 49% picked out correct person holding pen
  • 33% picked out correct person holding a knife
4
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What did Yuille and Cutshall 1968 study? (Positive effects of anxiety on recall)

A

real-life shooting in a gun shop in Vancouver which shop owner shot a thief dead

5
Q

How many people took part? (Yuille…)

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21 witnesses

6
Q

When were interviews held? (Yuille…)

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over 4-5 months after the incident and were compared to initial police interviews

7
Q

What were witnesses asked to do? (Yuille…)

A

rate how stressed they felt at the time of the incident

8
Q

Results of witness accounts? (Yuille…)

A

were accurate with little change although some weren’t as good

9
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Those who reported higher stress levels? (Yuille…)

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were most accurate (88% compared to 75%