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Outline one effect of misleading information on eye-witness testimony

One problem with using misleading questions is that the interviewer may end up influences thparticipantsts answer and therefore, they may say yes to something that did or didn't happen and could get someone ...
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John has been feeling stressed in the past few weeks as he is planning Christmas at his home on top of stress at work due to deadlines in projects with his colleagues. using research, explain why John is feeling stressed.

answers can include explanations using research on workplace stress, life changes or daily hassles (more difficult). Holmes and Rahe is likely to come up or SRRS scale, any applicable research can be awarded...
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Outline and evaluate research into the effects of leading questions on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony

A01: Loftus and Palmer (1974). Investigated how misleading information can alter memory post event. They asked participants to estimate the speed of two cars, changing cues provided in the question. Particip...
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Describe and explain the role of animal studies in attachment, provide an example

A01: Harlow’s Rhesus monkeys (1958). Harlow reared infant monkeys in isolation away from their mothers, causing privation, and put them in cages with two surrogate mothers. One was wire and a bottle of milk,...
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Psychologists carry out research into the effectiveness of SSRIS in treating depression. A possible ethical issue which may arise during the study is protection of participants from harm. How could the psychologist deal with this issue? - 4 marks

Participants must be reminded before throughout and after the study that they have the right to withdraw their data from the findings if they are showing signs of distress. (2) When pubishing socially sensit...
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