Factors Influencing Eyewitness Testimony

Question 1

What are 3 witness factors that affect the reliability if EWT

Answer 1

Stress and Arousal
Post Event Information
Weapon Focus

Question 2

What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law

Answer 2

As we become stressed about a situation our performance in that event will decline

Question 3

What are Flashbulb memories

Answer 3

The belief that we can take a photograph of a memory that has an emotional impact on us

Question 4

Define Post Event information

Answer 4

Information that happens after a crime

Question 5

Name 3 source of post event information

Answer 5

Media
Police
Lawyers

Question 6

What can other sources of post event information cause

Answer 6

Confabulation

Question 7

Define leading questions

Answer 7

Questions that suggest an answer within the question

Question 8

Define Weapon Focus

Answer 8

If a weapon is present during a crime it may reduce the accuracy of EWT

Question 9

What are the 2 reasons why Weapon Focus might happen

Answer 9

Stress
Attention on the object rather than the suspect

Question 10

How does Pickel support Weapon Focus

Answer 10

Found that a raw chicken was more distracting than to PPs than a gun when recalling details of a suspect in a video