Loftus and Palmer Summary
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- Loftus and Palmer
- Aim
- To test the hypothesis that the language used in eyewitness testimony can alter memory.
- Background
- Eyewitness testimony
- Procedure
- Experiment 1
- IV: verb used in the critical question "About how fast were the cars going when they ___ into each other?"
- DV: The participants estimate of the speed of the car.
- 7 videos of traffic incidents watched. Verbs: Hit, smashed, collided, bumped, contacted
- Experiment 2
- IV: verb used in the same question as experiment 1
- DV: Participants answer to the critical question "did you see any broken glass?"
- 3 conditions: Hit, smashed and control group (not asked speed of cars).
- Experiment 1
- Sample
- Experiment 1: 45 American students from the university of Washington (5 groups of 9).
- Experiment 2: 150 American students from the university of Washington (3 groups of 50).
- Method and design : Lab experiment and Independent measures design.
- Results
- Experiment 1: Smashed = 40.8mph. Contacted = 31.8mph.
- Aim
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