EWT

Question 1

Loftus and Palmer

Answer 1

Aim: whether leading questions affect accuracy of EWT
watched films of car crashes (45 students )
Asked questions about speed (changed verb: smashed, bumped)
conclusion: it does effect it

Question 2

Loftus and Palmer evaluation

Answer 2

Lacks:
Population validity-only tested on students
cultural validity- only done in one place
Ecological validity- not like real life

Question 3

Loftus - misleading info

Answer 3

Group 1 -yield
Group 2- stop
half the groups were shown the wrong sign
asked to pick correct photo

Question 4

Loftus misleading info conclusion

Answer 4

only 41% of the ones who had been told misleading info chose the right picture 75% chose the wrong pic (false info had replaced the true in their memory)

Question 5

Memon at al

Answer 5

Young vs Old- no difference in accuracy of 35mins
old less accurate after a week
lab experiment

Question 6

Rhodes

Answer 6

Attractive test- recall is better for people your own age

Question 7

Anxiety

Answer 7

(christianson) People who have had more anxiety have a more accurate memory than those who didn’t (bank robberies)