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- 1Loftus and Palmer (Loftus = lotus = car)Aim: investigate how information giving after an event influences a witnesses memory of that event
- 2Sample45 students,
University of Washington,
5 groups - 9 participants - 3IV and DVIV: verb used - manipulated by wording of the question
DV: speed estimates - 4Procedure7 film clips of traffic accidents, from safety films,
5-30 seconds long,
after clip - write account of accident + answer specific question,
each group got a different verb,
different ordering of the films to each group,
lasted about hour and a half - 5critical questionabout how fast were the cars going when they **** each other?
- 6verbssmashed, collided, bumped, hit and contacted
- 7resultssmashed = 40.8,
collided = 39.3,
bumped = 38.1,
hit = 34.0,
contacted = 31.8,
phrasing - change in speed estimate - 8Experiment 2 IV and DVIV = verb used, DV = saw glass or not
- 9Experiment 2 sample150 students - 3 groups - 50 participants
- 10Experiment 2 procedureall viewed a one minute film, contained 4 second car accident scene, 2 groups verb = hit/smashed, 1 group = control group, one week after participants returned without viewing video again
- 11experiment 2 critical questiondid you see any broken glass (no broken glass), placed randomly on each question paper
- 12results of experiment 2yes = smashed(16) hit (7) control (6)
no = smashed (34) hit (43) control (44)
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