factors affecting ewt - stress and arousal Flashcards
what happens to participants who witness an event?
exoerinece as high level of stress
what does stress do to recall?
it has been suggested that recall becomes impaired if we become too stressed
what is the model called that can show recall compared to asorusal?
the yerkes dodson law
what is optimum stress?
the level of arousal needed in which assists recall
why is optimum arousal hard to get?
it is very easy to go over or ben under optimum recall
not stressed enough and too stressed create worst recall
who is a supporting study who was in weapon?
mass and konhken
what did valentine and mesout do?
london dungeon reduced price
measured state and trait anxiety
man jumped out all in black
found that when anxiety was higher that fewer details were recorded
what did loftus 1987 find?
when approached with a syringe rather than pen that recall was better
what did stanny and johnson find?
that high arousal within a police training involving a shooting
fewer details were remembered
gone pat optimum arousal
