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Memory - Misleading questions
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- 1MemoryMisleading Information
- 2Evidence - Loftus and PalmerParticipants watch car crash on video. Asked how fast cars were going when they hit/contacted/bumped/smashed/collided each other.
Results: Contacted=32mph and Smashed=41mph.
Broken glass: Hit=14% and Smashed=32% - 3Evaluation1) Provides clear evidence that wording in a question can act as misleading information, distorting accuracy. Practical application for legal professionals - police know not to ask leading questions.
- 42) Lack population validity. Only uses 45 American students, can't be applied to other age groups and cultures. Students have less driving experience.3) Strict controls over extraneous variables. Lab, cause and effect established. High internal validity.
- 54) Finding lack ecological validity. Artificial - film. Not like in real life, paying attention and lack of emotion. Yuille and Cutsall - accuracy grater in real life. Armed robbery, given two misleading questions. 4 months later gave very accurate reports. Misleading questions not as influential in real life.
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- A-Level Psychology (Memory) Flashcards on Memory - Misleading questions, created by Emily Sutton on 10/03/2016.
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