Loftus and Plamer experiment 1 Flashcards
what was the purpose of the experiment
to test the effects of language on memory for eye witness testamony ==
how many people did the experiment and what were they
45 students
how many groups were there
5
how many epople where in ecah group
9
what did they have to do
they had to watch 7 videos of cars crashing
how long where the videos
5-30 secs long
what were they asked after each clip
distractor questions
what distractor questions where asked
what had they seen?
questions relating to accident?
what was the critical question they were asked
Around how fats were the cars going when the _________ each other
what 5 verbs were used in the gap.
Simon
Cowel
Bit
His
Cat
Smashed
Collided
Bumped
Hit
Contacted
what speed were the result for smashed
40.8
what speed were the results for collided
39.3
what speed were the results for bumped
38.1
what speed were the results for hit
34.0
what speed were the results for contacted
31.8
