Evaluation EWT- Crimes are emotive experiences

Question 1

What as the study for EWT

Answer 1

Cahill and McGaugh (1995)

Question 2

what was the study about

Answer 2

it looked into having a flash bulb memory
what hormones wrer associated with emotions
there can be more emotion surrounding the crime which could lead to more in the investigation compared to memory.

Question 3

why is this a good source

Answer 3

its based on scientific evidence
focuses’ more on biological mechanisms

Question 4

who was the study done for against EWT

Answer 4

Freud

Question 5

what was the study about/ what did it find

Answer 5

painful/upsetting memorys are foced into the unconious mind where they are more leikly to be forgotton ‘motivated forgeting’
not relieable because memory is traumatic

Question 6

why is/ isn’t a good source

Answer 6

its good because it looks more into the brain and mental mechanisms work
however it took a lot to test this and it lacks evidence