Loftus and Palmer
- showed film of car crash
- 45 uni students divided into 5 coniditions (asked "how fast were the cars going when they smashed/bumped/hit/collided/contacted")
- smashed = 40.5mph average
- contacted = 31.8mph average
so it is evident that the phrasing of the same question impacted the individual's memory of the incident, thus, misleading questions affect the accuracy of eye witness testimony.
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