To investigate how information given to a person after the event influences their memory of the event.
Whether the reliability of a child's eye witness testimony is affected by their age .
To provide a historical integration of the research into eye witness testimony.
Pregunta 2
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What type of experiments were the two experiments that took place?
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Field Experiment
Observation
Lab Experiment
Pregunta 3
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What was the dependent variable in the first experiment
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The participants speed estimation
Whether the participant saw glass
Pregunta 4
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What was the dependent variable in the second experiment?
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Whether the participant saw glass
The participant's speed estimate
Pregunta 5
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How many participants were there in the first experiment?
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45 split into 5 groups
60 split into 5 groups
50 split in to 5 groups
Pregunta 6
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How many participants were there in the second experiment?
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120 split into 3 groups
150 split into 3 groups
180 spit into 3 groups
Pregunta 7
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What 5 verbs were used in the first experiment?
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Smashed
Collided
Rammed
Contacted
Knocked
Hit
Bumped
Pregunta 8
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What happened during the first experiment?
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The participants were shown short video clips and then were asked 'How fast the cars were going when they ______ each other'. Each group had a different verb in their question.
The participants were shown a video clip of a car crash and were then asked whether there was broken glass in the video straight after they watched it.
The participants were shown a video clip of a car crash and then asked whether they saw glass a week after they watched the video
Pregunta 9
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What happened during the second experiment?
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All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. They were all asked if they saw broken glass straight after watching the video.
All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. They were all asked if they saw broken glass a week after watching the video.
All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. The first two groups were the asked the same question as those in experiment 1 with the verbs smashed and hit. The third group were not asked about the speed but a week later were asked whether they saw broken glass.
Pregunta 10
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Was there any broken glass in the video?
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Yes
No
Pregunta 11
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In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the fastest mean speed?
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Collided
Smashed
Contacted
Hit
Bumped
Pregunta 12
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In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the slowest mean speed?
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Collided
Smashed
Contaced
Hit
Bumped
Pregunta 13
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In the second experiment, what group had the most participants saying there was broken glass
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The control group, group 3
The group that had the verb 'smashed'
The group that had the verb 'hit'
Pregunta 14
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In the second experiment, what group had the most people say there was not any broken glass?
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The control group, group 3
The group that had the verb 'smashed'
The group that had the verb 'hit'
Pregunta 15
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What two things did Loftus and Palmer conclude?
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The word used in the leading question does not influence how people answer the question
The word used in the leading question does influence how people answer the question
Overtime the misleading information that is asked is integrated with the original ,memory of the event
Overtime the misleading information that is asked is not integrated with the original ,memory of the event