Conclusions

Question 1

What are the two reasons that cause the form of question to affect a witness’ answer

Answer 1

response-bias factors

The memory representation is altered

Question 2

what does response-bias mean

Answer 2

the different speed estimates office because the CRITICAL word influences/biases a person’s response

Question 3

what does memory representation being altered mean?

Answer 3

the critical word changes a persons memory so that their perception of the accident is affected

Question 4

OVERALL CONCLUSION:

Answer 4

due to the findings of experiment 2 it is suggested that the effect of leading questions is due to them actually altering the memory a person has for an event

Question 5

evaluation m+p: internal validity

Answer 5

strength

controlled, extraneous variables, allocation of PS into groups, how long clips were

Question 6

evaluation m+p: ecological validity

Answer 6

weakness

laboratory, video, no pressure

Question 7

evaluation m+p: population validity

Answer 7

weakness

college students, intelligent, age, recall in tests

Question 8

evaluation: ethics

Answer 8

no valid consent
deception
prevented psychological harm
social: change of courts, less reliance on EWT,