ewt-effect of misleading Flashcards
what did loftus and palmer do
pp shown a car crash and then asked questions about it
who were the participants
45 american students
what type of experiment was it
lab
what was the critical question
what speed was the car going when it either ‘smashed’,’collided’,’bumped’,’hit’,’contacted’
what were the results
group given ‘smashed’ had highest speed around 40mph
group given ‘contacted’ had lowest speed around 31mph
what are some positives of this study
lab experiment/control extraneous variables/high internal validity/standardised procedure
what are some weaknesses of this study
lacks environmental validity/lacks emotional impact/sample biased/demand characteristics
what did loftus and zanni do
pp watched a car crash and were asked a critical question
what was the critical question
‘did you see THE broken headlight’ OR ‘did you see A broken headlight’
what were the results
pp asked ‘the’ were 2x more likely to say yes
what did yuille and cutshall do
witnesses to a crime with a fatality were interviewed several months after the crime to compare to the immediate ones
what were the results
the recall was not distorted by leading questions
