Loftus and Zanni (1975) Description
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- Loftus and Zanni (1975)
- Aim
- Explore effect of leading Qs on recall of car accidents.
- Description
- 100 students watched short film of car accident.
- Car made right-hand turn into main stream of traffic, causing multiple crashes.
- Pps. gave free recall of events.
- Completed Questionnaire - 22 item Qs, 6 Key Qs
- Key Qs = 3 items which had appeared in film, 3 which had not.
- Half Qs, including Key Qs, started with 'Did you see a..'
- Other half said 'Did you see the..'
- Completed Questionnaire - 22 item Qs, 6 Key Qs
- 100 students watched short film of car accident.
- Results
- Leading Question
- 17% falsely reported seeing broken headlight.
- Non-leading Question
- 7% reported seeing broken headlight.
- Leading Question
- Conclusion
- Misleading questions affect memory of an event.
- Aim
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