Loftus and Palmer Flashcards
Full name
Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory
Year
1974
Aims
To see if choices of language and vocal can influence memory of an event
IV
Approximately what speed do you think they were travelling when they …………….. into each other? The blank
DV
The speed they thought the car was moving at
Participants
45 college students at the University at the university of Washington, Seattle tested in groups of various sizes. For test purposes it was designed so that there would be 5 conditions in total with 9 students per condition
Procedure
45 participants all viewed a road safety ad. After they viewed it, they were asked a series of Qs. They were all deceptions for Q2; which wording changed. It asked at what speed cars crashed. They changed the middle word. And looked to see how this effected there answers
What was the question asked?
“Approximately at what speed do you think they were travelling at when they …………… into each other?
What were the conditions?
Smashed Contacted Collided Bumped Hit
What was the estimated speed for “Smashed?”
40.8 mph
What was the estimated speed for “Collided”?
39.3 mph
What was the estimated speed for “Bumped”?
38.1 mph
What was the estimated speed for “Hit”?
34 mph
What was the estimated speed for “Contacted”?
31.8 mph
Criticisms
Relatively small sample size. All from the same uni and city
Individual differences, therefore had impact on results
