Loftus and Palmer Automobile Destruction

[MrMikeaka]

starting revision an hour before exam

[MissMajaStar]

You've got some things wrong here.

The aim was to see the effect of leading questions on a persons's recall of an event. They had 3 groups, and one of the groups was a controlled group. They all watched a film about a traffic accident.

One group was then asked: How fast were the cars going when the cars HIT?

The other group: How fast were the cars going when the cars SMASHED?

The control group where not asked this question.

The independent variable for this was the verb used in the question.

[MissMajaStar]

@MissMajaStar The average speed that the first group said was 41mph and the second groups average was 34mph. This shows that the verb used had an affect on the persons memory and accuracy.

Then a week later they asked every groups ( including the control group ) if they reported seeing any broken glass. The group that had the verb smashed had the most people concluding that there was glass ( 32%) the group with the verb hit ( 14%) and the control group ( 12%)

[MissMajaStar]

@MissMajaStar In conclusion the largest number of people that reported seeing glass where in the group that were questioned with the verb smashed reported seeing. So this shows that leading questions have an effect on a persons memory to recall and event.

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[MissMajaStar]

@MissMajaStar READ FROM THE BOTTOM :)

[Fl0wersInTheWind0w]

does anyone actually have a video of a car incident that can be use to replicate this study? i am doing this study for my research dissertation and need a video clip while knowing the speed of the accident to measure people's responses

[yelleer1]

@Fl0wersInTheWind0w where you able to ever find a good video clip to replicated the video?

[Fl0wersInTheWind0w]

@yelleer1 yes i did, i just finished using them and they were great

[walkawayasavior]

Thankyou! Helped with my revision!

[MissHalloweenKiller]

Very, very useful and to the point. Thanks very much!

[Frenam212]

next time, high quality plz....

[Ry73737]

A very interesting study :)

[stopritualabuse]

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There are significant flaws in Loftus Lost in the Mall study. A similar study by Pezdek in 1995 found that while researchers were able to duplicate the lost in the mall results with 15% of their subjects, none of the study participants accepted an erroneous memory that they had received a painful enema as a child. Crook states the studys application to therapy situations appears to be limited to a narrowly defined and perhaps even unlikely situation

[joe6464]

dont worry i found it

[joe6464]

whats the name of the song?

[lindelocks]

awesome

[anzy256]

thanks 4 this :) good summary of what happened, makes it easier to understand

[Rythm117]

thx for that, it does help :D