The Cognitive Approach - Loftus and Palmer: FINDINGS (exp. 2)

Question 1

In part 1, describe the speed estimates?

Answer 1

participants gave higher speed estimates in the ‘smashed condition, just like the participants in experiment 1

Question 2

How many people in the ‘smashed’ group said they did and didn’t broken glass in part 2?

Answer 2

• did = 16
• didn’t = 34

Question 3

How many people in the ‘hit’ group said they did and didn’t broken glass in part 2?

Answer 3

• did = 7
• didn’t = 43

Question 4

How many people in the ‘control’ group said they did and didn’t broken glass in part 2?

Answer 4

• did = 6
• didn’t = 44

Question 5

Describe the results of part 2?

Answer 5

participants in the ‘smashed’ condition were more than twice as likely to report seeing broken glass than those in the group given the word ‘hit’ or in the control condition