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Loftus and Palmer - Coggle Diagram
Loftus and Palmer
Conclusion
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critical evaluation
lacked ecological validity - viewed videos rather than real life event - less emotional impact - less motivated to be accurate
Yuille and Cutchall - studied showed misleading info didn't alter memories of those who witnessed armed robbery
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Procedures
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asked leading question - "how fast were the cars going when they hit/collided/smashed/contacted/bumped each other?"
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asked leading question - "how fast were the cars going when they hit/smashed each other?" or asked nothing (control group)
one week later, questioned if they had seen broken glass in the video - there was no glass
Findings
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highest estimate for smashed (40.8 mph)followed by “collided” (39.3 mph), “bumped” (38.1 mph), “hit” (34 mph), and “contacted” (31.8 mph)
Two
"smashed" - 16 saw broken glass, 34 didn't - more likely
"hit" - 7 saw broken glass, 43 didn't
control - 6 saw broken glass, 44 didn't