Loftus and Palmer

Question 1

What are the 5 verbs used in the loftus and palmer experiment?

Answer 1

Bumped, hit, contacted, collided, smashed

Question 2

What sample technique did they use?

Answer 2

Opportunity sampling

Question 3

What experiment was it in, and name a weakness?

Answer 3

Lab experiment, lacked ecological validity

Question 4

What questions were they asked?

Answer 4

Filler questions and one critical question

Question 5

How many film clips were they shown?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

How many American students participated?

Answer 6

45

Question 7

What experimental design was used?

Answer 7

Independent

Question 8

What was one key finding?

Answer 8

The verb used in the critical question affected recall

Question 9

What 2 aspects of the memory have been tested?

Answer 9

Eye witness testimony

Context dependency

Question 10

How many conditions were there? And how many participants in each condition?

Answer 10

5 conditions, 9 participants in each

Question 11

What was the mean estimate in speed for verbs used?

Answer 11

Smashed= 40.5mph

Collided= 39.3mph

Bumped= 38.1mph

Hit= 34mph

Question 12

In loftus and palmer’s second experiment, what was the experiment?

Answer 12

Laboratory experiment

Question 13

In loftus and palmer’s second experiment, what was the experimental design?

Answer 13

Independent

Question 14

In loftus and palmer’s second experiment, how many participants took part?

Answer 14

150, divided into 3 groups of 50

Question 15

What did each film consist of?

Answer 15

Lasted for 1 minute, with a 4 second multiple car crash

Question 16

How long after the experiment were they given the critical question, and what did it say?

Answer 16

1 week, ‘Did you see any broken glass’? Yes/No