Question 3

Question 1

methodology of the Loftus and palmer research ‘reconstruction of automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory’

Answer 1

• several groups watch a video of a car crash
• each group with a different leading filler
• the. asked to recall the speed of the car
• the verb given in the question altered the answer about speed

Question 2

What were the verbs used

Answer 2

• smashed
• hit
• control group

Question 3

What about the sample is a weakness to the research

Answer 3

• all students of Loftus (social desirability bias)
• younger
• ethnocentric bias
  > less valid

Question 4

What are the strengths of this research?

Answer 4

• controlled environment (lab)

- bettered society

Question 5

why is a controlled environment useful ?

Answer 5

confounding variables cannot enter and it’s more reliable

Question 6

How has the research bettered society ?

Answer 6

• police now use cognitive interviews ( more info less leading)
• innocent project ( death row victims with an unfair trial or wrongful conviction )