Loftus and Palmer Lab study DONT DO

Question 1

how many pps and what did they do

Answer 1

45 in the first experiment and were shown short video clips

Question 2

how many groups were they split into for the first experiment

Answer 2

five groups with 9 pps in each

Question 3

what were pps asked in the first experiment

Answer 3

about how fast were the cars going when they ________ each other

Question 4

how many verbs did they use

Answer 4

smashed, collided, bumped, hit or contacted

Question 5

resulrs from experiment 1

Answer 5

smashed had a mean estimate speed of 40.8 mph

contacted had 31.8

Question 6

what did pps do for experiment two

Answer 6

150 pps were shown a short film

split into three groups

Question 7

what was each group asked for experiment two

Answer 7

1. how fast were they going when they HIT each other
2. SMASHED
3. was just asked about speed of vechiles

Question 8

what was exp 2 asked to do after seeing the videos

Answer 8

a week later, all pps were asked if they could see any broken glass (there was none)

more people responded with no but still some results on smashed (yes= 16, no= 34)

Question 9

conclusions

Answer 9

response bias occurs

wording of the leading question changed pps memory

Question 10

strengths

Answer 10

1. real life applications

2. lab experiment, high control, all pps shown same video

Question 11

weaknesses

Answer 11

1. lacked ecological validity, in real life you don’t experience car crashes on videos and don’t experience same emotions
2. lacked population validity, used all student sample