Loftus and Palmer exp 2

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

to investigate if leading questions actually alter a person’s memory representation. They aimed to show that the cues within leading questions could distort eyewitness testimony accounts

Question 2

Procedure

Answer 2

The researches used a different sample of 150 American students whoe were divided into three even groups. Students watchd a one-minute video depicting a car accident and were then given a wuestionnaire to complete. One group was asked: “how fast were the cars going whe the smashed into eah other”another grouo was asked: “How fast were the cars going when they hit eahother” The final group was a control wgere they were not asked aboyt the speed of the vehicles. On eweek later the participants returned and were asked a series of questions about the accident. The critical questions was: “Did you see an broken glass”

Question 3

results

Answer 3

Showed that emortional intensity of the verb in the leading question question influences the probability that participants would report seeing broken glass in the video.
- 32% using verb smashed said gthey saw
- 14% using verb hit sais they saw
- 12% of the control group said they saw
- there was no broken glass and the participants who were questioned previously using the verb smashed were significantly more likely to report seeing the broken glass.

Question 4

conclusion

Answer 4

there was an actual chagein memory

Question 5

LINK

Answer 5

Memor is not reliable beacuse memory is reconstructive. Eyewitnesses do not reproduce what they witness but reconstruct their memories on the basis of relevant schematic information illustrating how meory is unrealiabel. In this study it demonstrated that verbs of a higher emotional intensity may cause participants to recall event that never occured. Their memory for the original even was distorted by the question used one week earlier, demonstartoingthe power of leading questions .