A-Level Psychology - ANXIETY AS A FACTOR AFFECTING EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY [Memory Topic]

This lesson was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications.

Key content covered in this Lesson:

• Key Questions
• Video: The body’s physiological response to stress
• Anxiety and Eyewitness Testimony
• Does anxiety have a negative effect on recall?
• Johnson & Scott’s (1976) Research
• The Weapon Focus Effect (aka Tunnel Theory)
• Does anxiety have a positive effect on recall?
• Yuille & Cutshall’s (1986) Research
• Explaining the Contradictory Findings
• The Yerkes-Dodson Law
• Video: The Yerkes-Dodson Law
• Applying the Yerkes-Dodson Law to Anxiety
• Evaluation worksheet
• Evaluation points
• Exam Practice: Application, Evaluation Questions with Mark Scheme
• Consolidation Question

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EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY LESSON BUNDLE [A-Level Psychology - Memory Topic]

This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. This bundle includes three complete lessons (.ppt) with activities: 1. Misleading Information as a Factor affecting the accuracy EWT 2. Anxiety as a Factor affecting the accuracy EWT 3. Cognitive Interview - Improving the Accuracy of EWT To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. Reviews and feedback are always welcome. *Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.

A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY - MEMORY TOPIC [COMPLETE TOPIC]

*** This bundle was created using the latest AQA A-Level Specification (published June 2019) although content and activities may be useful for other specifications. This bundle includes 10 complete lessons (.ppt) with activities: 1. Coding, Capacity and Duration 2. The Multi-Store Model of Memory 3. Types of Long-Term Memory 4. The Working Memory Model 5. Interference Theory as an Explanation for Forgetting 6. Retrieval Failure as an Explanation for Forgetting 7. Misleading Information as a Factor affecting EWT 8. Anxiety as a Factor affecting EWT 9. Cognitive Interview - Improving the accuracy of EWT *Please see individual lessons for further details of included content.* *** To request lessons, provide feedback or if you have had any issues opening any resources of my resources, please feel free to contact jb_resources@outlook.com. *** Reviews and feedback are always welcome. ***