Loftus and palmer- memory

Question 1

background

Answer 1

memory is not factual and can be distorted by other information

Question 2

experiment 1, aim

Answer 2

to investigate if leading questions change the accuracy of witness memory of a car accident

Question 3

expeiment 1 method

Answer 3

-2 lab experiments
-IMD

Question 4

experiment 1, sample

Answer 4

-45 American students (no age/gender recorded)
-split into 5 groups, 9 each

Question 5

expeiment 1, procdure

Answer 5

-p’s were shown 7 short clips of car crashes
- asked to write short account of what happened and complete a questionnaire, all but one question were fillers (decrease demand characteristics)
-critical question ‘ how fast were the cars going wen they ____ each other’
smashed, collided, bumped, hit , contacted

Question 6

expeiment 1,results

Answer 6

smashed-40.8
collided-39.3
bumped-38.1
hit-34.0
contacted-31.8

Question 7

experiment 1, explanation

Answer 7

-response bias because of the critical word
-memory representation- criexpeiment 2, methodtical word changes memory

Question 8

expeiment 2, aim

Answer 8

investigate results from experiment 1 were due to memory distortion- by seeing if they incorrectly remember seeing glass

Question 9

method expeiment 2

Answer 9

lab experiment
IMD