Pozzulo et al past paper questions

From the study by Pozzulo et al (line-ups): Outline one aim of the study. [2]

To investigate the role of social and cognitive factors in false positive responding of children in line-ups.

From the study by Pozzulo et al (line-ups): Explain why this study is from the cognitive approach in psychology. [2]

Children correctly identified 99% of the cartoon faces. This could follow the principles of input, process and output.

Children can be eyewitnesses to a crime. However, children’s identification of the criminal can be inaccurate. Suggest how child eyewitnesses can be helped to accurately identify the criminal they have seen, using your knowledge of the study by Pozzulo et al (line-ups). [4]

Dress of the investigator can be more casual. Investigator can engage in child friendly play beforehand. Anything authoritative needs to be kept at a minimum. Make sure the child is comfortable before questioning.

From the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups): Describe the ‘line-up presentation’ for the target-present condition. [5]

The target was in the line-up with three other photographs which were foils. All of the pictures were shown simultaneously. The target’s line-up position was randomised. Each participant watched four videos. These were in a random order.

In the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups), cartoon character targets were used. Identify one of the cartoon characters used. [1]

Dora the explorer

In the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups), cartoon character targets were used. Identify two features of the participants in the ‘young children’ group. p2[

59 children in total

Living in East Ontario, Canada,

In the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups), cartoon character targets were used. Outline one conclusion from this study [2]

Children make errors in target-absent identification because of social demands rather than faulty cognitive processing.

From the study by Pozzulo et al (line-ups): Describe the ‘line-up presentation’ for the target-absent condition. [5]

The target was replaced with a similar foil. All of the pictures were shown simultaneously. The target and target replacement were always in the same position. Each target’s line-up position was randomised. There were four foils in the line-up.

Outline one assumption of the cognitive approach in psychology. [2]

Information is processed through the same route in all humans: input – process – output, in a similar way to how information is processed by a computer.

Explain how one finding from the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups) supports the assumption you outlined in part (a). [2]

Children correctly identified 99% of the cartoon faces. This could follow the principles of input, process and output.

Outline the term ‘false positive responses’, using an example from the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups). [2]

This is when a person believes they are making an accurate choice, but it is not. In the Pozzulo study this would be the children choosing a person in a line-up even though the culprit is not in the line-up.