L+P Procedure 2

Question 0

(2) Afterwards, participants were…

Answer 0

…given a questionnaire asking them to describe the event and then to answer a series of questions. Again, all but one were leading questions.

Question 1

(1) Participants were shown…

Answer 1

…a 1 minute film clip of a car crash. The accident itself lasted around 4 seconds.

Question 2

(3) The first 50…

Answer 2

…were asked “How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?”. Another 50 - the verb “contacted” was used.

Question 3

(4) A control group of…

Answer 3

…50 did not get asked about the speed of the cars.

Question 4

(5) A week later…

Answer 4

…all participants were asked 10 questions, all of which were filler questions except for one. “Did you see any broken glass?”.