PSYC 1020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Suggestibility, Eyewitness Memory

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Bond Barbara

Document Summary

A comparison of two scholarly articles regarding the influences of mood and the effects of. To determine how mood could possibly alter a memory. To test the relationship between mood and the inclusion of misinformation and how these variables affect eyewitness memory. Test subjects who were in a good mood would be less likely to recount specific details of an event. Test subjects who were in a bad mood would be more likely to remember the event correctly. The presence of misleading information in questions would decrease the chance of an accurate memory. All participants were students completing the experiment as part of their course requirements. Experiment 1: 96 participants (54 female, 42 male). Experiment 3: 80 participants (49 female, 31 male). Media such as photos and videos to introduce the participants to the events. Questionnaires to deliver misleading information, distract participants and measure eyewitness accuracy. Participants were first introduced to one of the two target scenes (positive/negative).