Eye Witness Testimony Flashcards
How many people took part in the Loftus and Palmer study?
45 students
Weakness of the Verb study?
Lacks ecological validity
Focuses on insignificant details (broken glass)
Who conducted the weapon study?
Loftus et Al
What did Loftus et al find?
Presence of weapon distracted from identity of man
Who conducted the source monitoring study?
Poole and Lindsay
How old were the children in the Poole and Lindsay study?
3-8 years
Who was worse at source monitoring, younger or older children?
Younger
Weakness of the Poole and Lindsay study?
Field experiment so was difficult to eliminate extraneous variables
Who did a meta analysis on factors effecting EWT?
Ceci and Bruck
Who conducted a study on elder People and EWT?
Dodson and Krueger
Who did the verb study?
Loftus and Palmer