NEY T i Factors affecting eyewitness testimony: misleading information Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information including leading questions and post-event discussion Firstly before we start anything WHAT IS EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY? EWT is a legal term, referring to the use of eyewitnesses to give evidence in court concerning the identity of someone who has committed a crime. What is eyewitness testimony? Leading questions Post-event information Post-event discussion Useful real-life applications: The tasks are artificial: Individual differences: Post-event discussion Write down all the keywords and studies you know about this topic without the help of any resources Eyewitness testimony & misleading information Keywords : Studies : 1) 2) Task 1 (of 4) Choose two main studies and outline what they found as if youre being awarded 4 marks for each. Study 1: What does this tell you about EWT & misleading information? Study 2: What does this tell you about EWT & misleading information? Task 2 (of 4) Choose two main studies and outline their evaluation points as if youre being awarded 4 marks for each. Evaluation for Study 1:Evaluation for Study 2: Task 3 (of 4) Loftus conducted a key study with _____________ on EWT. In this study participants were shown _______________ and asked a series of questions including one critical question relating to the ___________ of the cars. Participants were divided into _____ experimental groups. Each group was given a different __________, for example _____________ or ___________. They found that those participants who were given a question with the word ____________ estimated the highest speed. Task 4 (of 4) Factors affecting eyewitness testimony: anxiety Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: anxiety Task 1 (of 3) AO1 Anxiety enhances recall Supporting research:Opposing research: Make sure you include HOW each piece of research supports the statement Why is there such a contradiction in research, with some saying that anxiety has a negative effect on EWT and some saying that anxiety enhances recall? 1 11 (x2) . Suggests that this apparent contradiction in research could best be explained with reference to the ___________________. Diagram: How does Loftus provide support for Steblays research? Task 2 (of 3) Evaluation (AO3) Add 3 more evaluation points. Weapon focus effect may not be relevant: Field studies sometimes lack control:There are ethical issues: Task 3 (of 3) Evaluation (AO3) What do these pictures have to do with eyewitness testimony? Task 3 Real World Application EWT & Misleading information Presentation time! EWT & Anxiety Presentation time! Meta analysis Fight-or-flight Deffenbacher Curvilinear relationship Yerkes Dodson law anxiety Yuille & Cutshall Alcohol myopia Anastasi & Rhodes Loftus & palmer Steblay Weapon focus effect Johnson & Scott Parker & Carvanza Pickel Johnson & SCott Meta analysis Age Deffenbacher Curvilinear relationship Yerkes Dodson law anxiety Own age bias Alcohol myopia Anastasi & Rhodes Loftus & palmer Steblay Weapon focus effect Johnson & Scott Parker & Carvanza Poole & Lindsay Memon Meta analysis Age Deffenbacher Curvilinear relationship Yerkes Dodson law anxiety Own age bias Alcohol myopia Anastasi & Rhodes Loftus & palmer Steblay Weapon focus affect Johnson & Scott Parker & Carvanza Poole & Lindsay Memon Curvilinear relationship Own age bias Johnson & Scott Anastasi & Rhodes Deffenbacher Anastasi & Rhodes Meta analysis Weapon focus effect