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2. What was the independent variable?

  • The speed the pp suggested
  • How many pps they used
  • The wording of the question
  • The film they showed

3. Which verb used gave the highest mean speed estimate?

  • Smashed
  • Collided
  • Hit
  • Bumped

4. Which two words from the first experiment were chosen for the leading questions within the questionnaire?

  • Smashed and Hit
  • Bumped and Collided
  • Smashed and Contacted
  • Bumped and Hit

5. What was concluded from the experiment?

  • That interference tasks are effective in demonstrating the capacity of the short term memory
  • The form of a question can affect a witness's answer
  • That interviews aren't necessarily an effective way of gathering data
  • That staged and non-staged collisions result in dramatically different speed estimates
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