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6. What was the IV in the second experiment?

  • How many filler questions there were
  • The presence of a question asking if they saw smashed glass
  • The presence of a question asking about the speed
  • The wording of the question about smashed glass

7. What was the IV in the first experiment?

  • How many filler questions there were
  • The presence of a question about smashed glass
  • The verb used in the critical question about speed of collision
  • The presence of a question about the speed of collision

8. Which types of memory were being tested?

  • Memory during processing and recall
  • Memory during input, processing, and recall
  • Memory during input and recall
  • Memory during input and processing

9. What was the conclusion of the study?

  • The way in which questions are worded can distort memories of events
  • Response bias doesn't effect the recall of information, but memory distortion does
  • The way in which questions are worded can cause response bias, giving an inaccurate recount of an event
  • The presence of questions before recall can distort memory of an event

10. What were the levels of the IV in the second experiment?

  • Whether the critical question used the words collided, hit, or contacted
  • Whether the critical question used the words smashed, hit, or wasn't there
  • Whether the critical question used the words smashed, contacted or wasn't there
  • Whether the critical question used the words collided, bumped, or contacted

11. How many participants who were shown the word smashed said they saw broken glass?

  • 16 out of 50
  • 13 out of 50
  • 17 out of 50
  • 23 out of 50

12. How many participants who were shown hit and weren't shown anything said they saw smashed glass?

  • 7 and 6
  • 11 and 15
  • 8 and 7
  • 5 and 4

13. How many films were the speeds of collisions known?

  • 3 out of 8
  • 4 out of 7
  • 4 out of 8
  • 3 out of 7

14. Estimates for the two films with the same speed of collision were:

  • 37.7 and 35.3
  • 39.8 and 37.7
  • 39.7 and 36.1
  • 36.2 and 33.2