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Loftus
and Palmer (Eyewitness and Leading Questions)
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In
the study by Loftus and Palmer, the subjects were shown film clips
of car accidents. Identify two differences between witnessing
these film clips and witnessing a real accident and, for each
difference, say how this might effect the results of the study. |
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In
the study by Loftus and Palmer on eyewitness testimony, the subjects
gave different estimates of the speed of the cars depending on how
the question was asked. Give two explanations for this. |
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The following table appears in the study by Loftus
and Palmer on eyewitness testimony.
Give two conclusions that can be drawn from this
table.
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(2000)
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The study on eyewitness testimony by Loftus and
Palmer includes two experiments.
In the second experiment, the use of verbs ‘smashed’ and
‘hit’ led to different responses from the participants. Give one explanation of why these differences were
found. (January
2001) |
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In the study by Loftus and Palmer (eyewitness
testimony), the participants were shown film clips of car accidents.
Suggest two ways in which the ecological validity of
this study could be improved |
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In their study
on eyewitness testimony. Loftus and Palmer suggested that two
kinds of information go into a person's memory for a complex event.
Identify one of these two kinds of information. |
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What does the
existence of these two kinds of information tell us about memory?
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In the Loftus and
Palmer study on eyewitness testimony, the participants' estimations
of speed varied according to the verb used. Outline two possible
reasons for this. |
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| 8 | Outline one finding from the study on eyewitness testimony by Loftus and Palmer. | [2] | ||||||||||||||||
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In the study on eyewitness testimony by
Loftus and Palmer, the use of the verbs 'smashed' and 'hit' led to
different responses from the participants. Outline one of these differences. |
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In the study by Loftus and Palmer on eyewitness testimony, the participants were shown film clips of car accidents. |
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| 12 | From the study on eyewitness testimony by Loftus and Palmer outline two features of the procedure that were standardised. |
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(a) The table below shows the results from
the second experiment by Loftus and Palmer. Outline one
conclusion from this table. Response to the question 'Did you see any broken glass?'
(b) Explain the purpose of the control group in this experiment |
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| 14 | Loftus and Palmer claim that memories are reconstructed from information received at the time of witnessing an event and information received after it. Suggest how two findings from their experiment support this suggestion. |
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| 15 | From the study by Loftus and Palmer outline one conclusion that can be drawn about eyewitness testimony. |
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January 2007 |
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