loftus and palmer evaluation AO3 experiment one

Question 1

what is a strength of loftus and palmer

Answer 1

standerdised procedure

Question 2

how was the procedure standerdised

Answer 2

study conducted in a highly controlled lab setting meaning all 45 students recived the same procedure of watching 7 short film clips of a car crash and all recived the same base question of “how fast was the cars going when they…..each other?” however the verb was replased with hit/smash/collided depending on the group

Question 3

how does this support loftus and palmer

Answer 3

t/f the study is easily replicable to establish consistant findings on leading questions affecting recall of EWT thus increasing the

Question 4

what does standerdised procedure increase

Answer 4

the validity

Question 5

the study collects quantative data how is this beneficial
gie two points

Answer 5

quantative data
objective

Question 6

why is objective a positive point

Answer 6

researchers calculated the mean speed each group predicted based on the word they where asked in the question. the study gathered qualative data which is objective evidance on the affect the effect of leading questions on EWT

Question 7

how does this support loftus and palmer

Answer 7

t/f increasing the validity of loftus and palmers findings that smashed had a mean score of 40.5 mph compared to contacted which had 31.8mph thus increasing the validity of loftus and palmers findings on how leadin quesstions affect EWT

Question 8

how is loftus and palmers study yeilding quantitative data a positive

Answer 8

loftus and palmers study collected quantative data in the mean forms of the speed of predicted crash based off words used e.g smashed was 40.5. qualative data is easy to analyse and objectiveh

Question 9

how does this support loftus and palmer

Answer 9

t/f increasing the validity of the findings of loftus and palmer and the effect of leading questions on EWT

Question 10

whatis a weakness of loftus and palmer

Answer 10

ecological validity

Question 11

why does loftus and palmers study lack ecological validity

Answer 11

the EW watech the seven short video clips of a car crash in the highly controlled artificial setting of a labatory. this is unrepresentive of a real crime or carcrash.

Question 12

what does this reduced about loftus and palmer

Answer 12

generalisability

Question 13

how does it oppose

Answer 13

t/f findings on leading questions affecting EWT are unreprasentative of everyday EWT on crimes/car crashes and so the findings are ungeneralsiable to everyday EWT

Question 14

what is anouther opposing evidance for EWT

Answer 14

population validity

Question 15

why is population validity an issue

Answer 15

loftus and palmer used 45 pp who where oly students from washington uni, in america

Question 16

how is this a weakness

Answer 16

t/f this is an ethnocentric sample and is unrepresentative of the wider population