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EWT & Anxiety, Anxiety - emotion characterised by feelings of tension,…
EWT & Anxiety
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- Johnson & Scott (1976) - suggested weapon in a criminals hand distracts attention from other features
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- p's in waiting room where man ran in w/ pen covered in grease or blood covered knife
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- anxiety creates more enduring & accurate memories*
- Christianson & Hubbinette (1993) - evidence of enhanced recall when they questioned witnesses of a RL bank robbery in Sweden
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- interviews - 4 - 15 months after crime
- showed 75% accurate recall - those in higher anxiety roles had best recall of all
- Christianson (1992) - memory for neg. emotional events is better than neutral events for recall
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- low levels of anx cognitive performance will be relatively low
- anx increases so does CP until it reaches Optimal level → any increase after will lead to rapid CP drop
Anxiety - emotion characterised by feelings of tension, worried thoughts & physical changes