EWT: Misleading Information

Question 1

Eye witness testimony

Answer 1

Info Recalled about a crime by an eye witness

Question 2

Accuracy?

Answer 2

Can be affected by both leading questions and post-event discussions

Question 3

Leading questions

Answer 3

Loftus and palmer and car crash study
They had ppts watch car crash and guess how fast cars were going but would change verb when asking them
Those who had contacted wrote a lower speed than those who had smashed
And those who had smashed would report seeing broken glass when there was none
This is response bias

Question 4

Post event discussion

Answer 4

This is when two eye witnesses speak abt the incident and can be influenced by the medias portrayal of the incident
Study using matched paired design and control group shown a crim but w dif details
Pairs spoke after watching vid and 71% inaccurate memory retrieved of vid
Compared to 0% of control group
Shows memory conformity and how we can pick up incorrect details thinking another person is right

Question 5

AO3

Answer 5

-demand characteristics may reduce reliability of findings as people may want to as helpful as possible and so thruvsocial desirability bias ppl may say wht they assume the researcher wants to hear or seems most beneficial so basing the results

• the use of artificial tasks reduces ecologivalidity and mundane realism as irl witnessing a car crash anxiety may actually play a bigger role in affecting EWT