Misleading Q's on accuracy of EWT

Question 1

Who carried out a study on misleading q’s on accuracy of EWT?

Answer 1

Loftus and Palmer

Question 2

Who were the ppts?

Answer 2

145 undergraduate ppts from university of California

Question 3

Describe experiment 1

Answer 3

Showed 7 short videos of car crashes, after each one ppts were given a questionnaire asking them about the crash

CRITICAL QUESTION - about how fast the cars were going when they (smashed/collided/bumped/hit/contacted) each other

Question 4

What were the results in experiment 1?

Answer 4

Smashed - 40.8
Collided - 39.3
Bumped - 38.1
Hit - 34.0
Contacted - 31.8 
 The estimated speed was affected by the verb used.

Question 5

Describe experiment 2

Answer 5

150 ppts were shown 1 video
They were given a questionnaire afterwards
They were separated in 3 groups (hit/smashed/control group)
1 week later - ppts were asked the critical question ‘did you see any broken glass?’

Question 6

What were the findings?

Answer 6

More than twice the number of ppts who previously had smashed said yes compared to hit or the control group