Loftus Broken Glass
- Created by: ashleighchester97
- Created on: 20-03-15 12:32
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- Loftus Broken Glass
- Aim
- To show eye witness testimony can be changed by leading questions
- Procedure
- Lab experiment 150 student split into 3 groups shown film of car accident
- All returned 1 week later and series of questions including "Did you see any broken glass?" They changed how they described accident
- Group 1= smashed. Group 2= hit. Group 3= control group
- Findings
- Group 1= 16 said Yes. 34 said No.
- Group 2= 7 said Yes. 43 said No.
- Control group= 6 said Yes. 44 said No.
- Conclusion
- Smashed presumed cars were going faster so 16 said yes (most)
- Suggests that misleading post event information does effect the way you remember
- Evaluation
- People wouldn't take the experiment seriously as only video (not realistic)
- People not emotionally aroused like they would be in real life
- Has high control over variables as done in Lab
- Restricted sample (only students)
- Real life application (can help change how people interview witnesses)
- Aim
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