AQA Psychology PSY1 Spec A Studies

Another Loftus one for anxiety that is good is her 'weapon focus' study. Participants were asked to sit outside rooms where they believed a genuine exchanges were taking place. In one condition, they heard an friendly conversation, followed by a man walking out of a room holding a pen. In the other condition, participants heard a hostile discussion, breaking glass, followed a man emerging covered in blood, holding a knife. Participants in both conditions were given 50 photos and asked to identify the man coming out of the room. People who witnessed the calm event were more accurate at recognising the man than those that witnessed the violent scene. Loftus concluded that the anxiety caused by the weapon forced the witness to pay it attention and not other details, such as the face of the man.
Strengths: it is high in reliability.
Weaknesses: it has little ecological validity as it is a lab experiment.

You only need to include strengths and weaknesses if it says something like 'evaluate'.

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