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A summary of Loftus and Palmer's 1979 psychology experiment into memory through the investigation of automobile destruction.

Made this for my AS Psychology exam :)

Hope it helps...!!

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  • starting revision an hour before exam

  • @MissMajaStar READ FROM THE BOTTOM :)

  • @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.

    If anyone needs any help just pop into my channel and comment there and I will be very happy to help :)

  • @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%)

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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

  • Thankyou! Helped with my revision!

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

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