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6. Which two conditions were participants of Loftus et al's weapon focus study split into

  • Man holding a pen with grease on his hands and a man with a paper knife covered in blood
  • Man holding a pen with grease on his hands and a man with a kitchen knife covered in blood
  • Man holding a knife with grease on his hands and a man with a gun

7. What did Coxon and Valentine conclude from this study?

  • Young children and adults recall witnessed events less accurately
  • Young children and the elderly recall witnessed events less accurately
  • Adults and the elderly recall witnessed events less accurately

8. Which verb in Loftus and Palmer's leading question study produced the highest estimated speed?

  • Hit
  • Smashed
  • Collided

9. Coxon and Valentine conducted a study to test age differences in susceptibility to misleading information. What was the age range of their participant sample?

  • Mean age of 8-70
  • Mean age of 4-60
  • Mean age of 12-80

10. Why was Deffenbacher's study unusual?

  • It was a meta-analysis
  • He didn't' gain informed consent from his participants
  • It contradicted the Yerkes-Dodson 'inverted U hypothesis'