Psychology Quiz: Anxiety and Arousal
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What is the consequence of social desirability bias in research studies?

  • Improved accuracy of eyewitness testimony
  • Enhanced mundane realism of the methodology
  • Increased ecological validity
  • Biased results and reduced likelihood of replicability (correct)

    • What is a limitation of the artificial tasks and stimuli used in Loftus and Palmer's studies?

  • Improved ecological validity
  • Reduced accuracy of eyewitness testimony
  • Increased anxiety in participants
  • Lack of realism in the methodology (correct)

    • According to Johnson and Scott (1976), how does anxiety affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

  • It has a positive effect
  • It has a neutral effect
  • It has a mixed effect
  • It has a negative effect (correct)

    • What is the term used to describe the physiological response to external pressures, characterized by increased heart rate and vasoconstriction of blood vessels?

    <p>Anxiety</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential effect of anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, according to Yuille and Cutshall?

    <p>Either positive or negative effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern with the film clips of car crashes used in Loftus and Palmer's studies?

    <p>They are not realistic enough</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of using the weapon focus effect to study anxiety's impact on eyewitness testimony?

    <p>It only tests for the effects of surprise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential ethical issue with using distressing images in research on anxiety and eyewitness testimony?

    <p>It breaches the BPS guideline of protecting participants from psychological harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a challenge of using field studies to investigate anxiety's impact on eyewitness testimony?

    <p>They are susceptible to the biasing effects of extraneous variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a factor that can influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, aside from anxiety?

    <p>Post-event discussions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of laboratory studies on anxiety and eyewitness testimony?

    <p>They are highly controlled and lack ecological validity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a factor that can increase the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, according to Pickel's study?

    <p>Unusualness of the event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of interference studies in terms of their duration?

    <p>They are often conducted in very short spaces of time, not reflecting everyday life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between context-dependent and state-dependent forgetting?

    <p>One is related to internal cues, the other to external cues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main idea behind the encoding specificity principle (ESP)?

    <p>Recall is only possible when cues at encoding match those at recall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main criticism of interference studies in terms of their ecological validity?

    <p>They are too artificial and do not reflect everyday life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main finding of Godden and Baddeley's (1975) study with deep-water divers?

    <p>Recall was significantly better in matching conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary explanation for forgetting in the retrieval failure model?

    <p>The lack of cues at recall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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