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1
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what is anxiety?

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feelings of arousal that create extreme concern and tension

2
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how does the weapon focus effect decrease accuracy of recall?

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  • witnesses are more focused on the weapon, distracted from useful info such as face / clothing
  • weapon creates extreme anxiety - causing panic for witnesses (can’t remember information)
3
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how did Christianson and Hubinette demonstrate that anxiety can produce a more accurate recall?

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they stated that arousal can improve general alertness of the situations and the emotional aspect could improve memory encoding

4
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what is the Yerks-Dodson law?

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anxiety increases accuracy up to a certain point, until it becomes too high and stress results in lower accuracy

5
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two limitations of weapon focus effect?

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  • not a real life study (participants may have guessed the aim)
  • low accuracy may be caused by surprise rather than anxiety