Misleading Information Flashcards

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1
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What is a leading question

A

A question that wrongly implies something about an event or a crime

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How does a leading question effect the accuracy of an eyewitness testimony?

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As the information that is implied in the question contaminates the witness memory

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What type of experiment did loftus and palmer conduct ?

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Lab experiment

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Who was involved ?

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45 American students in 5 groups of 9

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What were ppts shown ?

A

A video of a car crash
And each group were asked a leading question with a diffrent verb

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What was the leading question in lotfus and palmers research ?

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How fast were they travelling when they …..each other ?

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What were the findings of the verbs smashed and contacted?

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A higher mean speed Smashed (40.5MPH)
Compared to
Contacted (31.5MPH

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What was the conclusion of lotfus and palmers research?

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Phrasing of a question influence ppts memory of an event

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What were the five verbs used ?

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Smashed
Hit
Collided
Bumped
Contacted

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10
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What is a strength ino the effects of a leading question on the accuracy of EWT?

A

It has practical applications

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What had EWT lead to ?

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Improvements in the criminal justice system and the development of cognitive interview

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What does cognitive interview avoid ?

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Use of a leading question

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What does cognitive question use ?

A

Open question such as
(Recall everything about the event )
Triggers as many details about the event increasing accuracy of EWT

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Why are the affects of leading question on accuracy of EWT important ?

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Leads to Accurate testimonies

Improving lives of those affected by crime

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What is a weakness of lotfus and palmers research ?

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Lacks mundane realism as they used and artificial task of watching a video of a car crash

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Why does watching a video of a car crash not reflect real life EWT?

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EWT of a real event understand the important consequences of giving innacurate information

17
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Why did ppts watching the video not have ?

A

Motivation to give accurate testimonies

18
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Due to research lacking mundae realism what validity does this lower?

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