Accuracy of eyewitness testimony: Misleading information

Question 1

name a key study from misleading infomation

Answer 1

loftus and palmer(1974):
45 students were shown 7 films of traffic accidents
given a questionaire, asked to describe the accident and asked series of questions
critical question “about how fast the cars were going”
given the following words: smashed,collided,bumped, contacted inn place of hit.

Question 2

What was found from the loftus and palmer study

Answer 2

the leading questiosn affect the participants response given by participants
found smashed had a median speed estimate of 40.8
had a contacted median speed of 31.8