WorksheetsAQA A Level Psychology Memory Anxiety
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the Yerkes Dodson Law?
Anxiety increases recall
Performance is related to arousal
Weapons increase anxiety
Stress affects memory
There is a weapon involved and we focus on it meaning our recall for the event is poor
Weapon focus
Tunnel theory
Arousal
Eyewitness testimony
When was Johnson and Scott’s study?
1990
1983
1976
1967
What were the two variables in Johnson and Scott’s study?
A pen
A pencil
A steak knife covered in blood
A paper knife covered in blood
What percentage of each group correctly identified the person in Johnson and Scott’s study?
65 in the low anxiety group, 24% in the high anxiety group
24% in the low anxiety, 56% in the high
49% in the low anxiety group, 33% in the high
anxiety
33% in the low anxiety, 49% in the high anxiety
What was the overall conclusion of Johnson and Scott’s study?
Recall was poorer when anxiety was heightened
Recall was greater when anxiety was heightened
The presence of a weapon increased recall
The presence of a weapon decreased recall
What is an alternate theory of Anxiety?
Fight or flight
Weapon focus
Leading questions
Post event discussion
Who carried out a study about a real life shooting incident?
Wagner et al
Bahrick et al
Yuille and Cutshaw
Godden and Baddeley
What did Yuille and Cutshaw conclude?
Anxiety decreases recall
Anxiety increases recall
Anxiety enhances the accuracy EWT
Anxiety lesses the accuracy of EWT
