What was the aim of the experiment?
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.
What type of experiments were the two experiments that took place?
Field Experiment
Observation
Lab Experiment
What was the dependent variable in the first experiment
The participants speed estimation
Whether the participant saw glass
What was the dependent variable in the second experiment?
The participant's speed estimate
How many participants were there in the first experiment?
45 split into 5 groups
60 split into 5 groups
50 split in to 5 groups
How many participants were there in the second experiment?
120 split into 3 groups
150 split into 3 groups
180 spit into 3 groups
What 5 verbs were used in the first experiment?
Smashed
Collided
Rammed
Contacted
Knocked
Hit
Bumped
What happened during the first experiment?
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
What happened during the second experiment?
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.
Was there any broken glass in the video?
Yes
No
In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the fastest mean speed?
In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the slowest mean speed?
Contaced
In the second experiment, what group had the most participants saying there was broken glass
The control group, group 3
The group that had the verb 'smashed'
The group that had the verb 'hit'
In the second experiment, what group had the most people say there was not any broken glass?
What two things did Loftus and Palmer conclude?
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
