WorksheetsY1 Weekly Quiz 5 - EWT & RM
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the weapon focus effect?
The tendency for witnesses to focus on a weapon, leading to a decrease in their ability to remember other details.
The ability to remember details of a crime scene more accurately when a weapon is present.
The phenomenon where the presence of a weapon increases the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.
The effect of a weapon on the memory of the perpetrator.
What is post-event discussion?
A discussion that occurs before an event, influencing memory recall.
A conversation that takes place after an event, potentially altering a witness's memory.
A formal meeting to discuss the outcomes of an event.
A psychological technique used to improve memory recall.
What is memory conformity (social contagion of memory)?
The process of remembering information in a structured manner.
The tendency for people's memories to become similar due to social influence.
The ability to recall memories accurately without external influence.
The phenomenon where memories are distorted by individual biases.
What are leading questions?
Questions that are open-ended and allow for detailed responses.
Questions that suggest a particular answer or contain the information the examiner is looking to have confirmed.
Questions that are irrelevant to the topic being discussed.
Questions that are used to test a person's knowledge on a subject.
In Loftus and Palmer’s car crash experiment 1 (1974): The verb______ resulted in a mean estimated speed of 31.8 mph.
For the verb______, the mean was 40.8 mph.
collided; hit
contacted; smashed
smashed; contacted
hit; collided
In Loftus and Palmer's (1974) experiment 2, they found that 16 of those who were exposed to the verb 'smashed' said yes seeing glass compared to _ who had the verb 'hit.'
2
7
20
30
What is confabulation?
The process of accurately recalling past events.
The unintentional creation of false memories (filling in gaps with your schemas)
The deliberate fabrication of stories to deceive others (trying to afffect someone else's schemas)
The ability to remember every detail of an event.
What is reconstructive memory?
The process of storing memories in a linear fashion.
The idea that memory is a passive recording of events.
The concept that memories are actively reconstructed and can be influenced by various factors.
The ability to recall memories without any distortion.
What is a schema?
A detailed and accurate memory of a specific event.
A mental framework that helps organise and interpret information in line with expectations
A type of memory that is immune to distortion and stays with you the rest of your life
A psychological disorder affecting memory recall.
What is ecological validity?
The extent to which research findings can be generalised to real-life settings.
The accuracy of a study's measurements.
The ability of a study to be replicated in a laboratory setting.
The degree to which a study's findings are statistically significant.
What is mundane realism?
The degree to which tasks reflects everyday situations.
The accuracy of a study's results.
The ability of a study to be conducted in a natural environment.
The extent to which a study's findings are applicable to other populations.
What is population validity?
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalised to the entire population.
The accuracy of a study's sample size.
The ability of a study to be replicated with different populations.
The degree to which a study's findings are statistically significant.
What is internal validity?
The extent to which a study's results can be generalised to other settings.
The degree to which a study accurately measures what it intends to measure.
The ability of a study to be replicated in a laboratory setting.
The accuracy of a study's sample size.
What is external validity?
The extent to which a study's results can be generalised to other settings and populations.
The accuracy of a study's measurements.
The ability of a study to be replicated in a laboratory setting.
The degree to which a study's findings are statistically significant.
What was the main finding of Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts Study?
Memory is a passive recording of events.
People remember stories exactly as they are told.
Memory is reconstructive and influenced by cultural and social factors.
People are unable to recall any details of a story.
What is tunnel theory?
The idea that memory is a linear process.
The concept that people focus on central details of an event, neglecting peripheral details.
The theory that memory is stored in a tunnel-like structure in the brain.
The belief that memory is unaffected by external influences.
