Memory - key studies
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- Memory - key studies
- Loftus & Palmer (1974)
- 150 participants.
- 1 minute video of a car accident.
- Return a week later.
- Asked about speed.
- Asked 10 questions. "id you see any broken glass?" (There wasn't any).
- Asked about speed.
- Return a week later.
- 1 minute video of a car accident.
- "Smashed" or "hit" said 41 mph.
- Yes to broken glass in the "smashed" condition.
- 150 participants.
- Loftus & Palmer (1974)
- Schemas.
- Leading questions can affect the accuracy of people's memories of an event.
- Loftus & Palmer (1974)
- 150 participants.
- 1 minute video of a car accident.
- Return a week later.
- Asked about speed.
- Asked 10 questions. "id you see any broken glass?" (There wasn't any).
- Asked about speed.
- Return a week later.
- 1 minute video of a car accident.
- "Smashed" or "hit" said 41 mph.
- Yes to broken glass in the "smashed" condition.
- 150 participants.
- Lacks environmental validity.
- Demand characteristics - results are skewed because of the participants' expectations about the purposes of the experiment.
- Changed how we question witnesses.
- Not generalisable - sample uses students.
- Not generalisable - sample uses students.
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