loftus & palmer exp 1 (cognitve)

Question 1

what design was used?

Answer 1

laboratory experiment and independent measures design

Question 2

what was the independent variable?

Answer 2

wording of the critical question

Question 3

what was the dependent variable?

Answer 3

estimate of speed

Question 4

what was the sample?

Answer 4

45 american students
they was placed in one of 5 conditions

Question 5

what did they show the participants?

Answer 5

7 film clips of traffic accidents

Question 6

what was participants asked to do once they watched the clip?

Answer 6

a questionnaire with questions about the accident

Question 7

what was the 5 words used to describe the crash?

Answer 7

hit, smashed, contacted, collided, bumped

Question 8

what was the mean estimate of speed for smashed?

Answer 8

40.5

Question 9

mean estimate speed for collided?

Answer 9

39.3

Question 10

mean estimate speed for bumped?

Answer 10

38.1

Question 11

mean estimate speed for hit?

Answer 11

34

Question 12

mean estimate speed for contacted?

Answer 12

31.8

Question 13

what was the main conclusion?

Answer 13

the way a question is worded does distort recall

Question 14

weakness of loftus and palmer lab experiment and why

Answer 14

lacks ecological validity as watching a film clip is not the same as a real life accident so there is no emotional involvement

Question 15

why might loftus and palmer study lack population validity

Answer 15

students may not have been driving for long so may be worse at estimating speed

Question 16

what could be an ethical issue with the study

Answer 16

people who have been involved in car accidents could have found it upsetting

Question 17

a weakness of the type of data

Answer 17

quantitative data means participants couldn’t give detail or comment on how confident they felt about their answers

Question 18

how was the study reliable

Answer 18

had control and standardisation