eyewitness testimony- misleading information

Question 1

what did Loftus and Palmer (1974) study? (ewt)

Answer 1

the affect of a leading question of ewt. smashed/ collided/ bumped/ hit/ contacted

Question 2

what is response-bias explanation?

Answer 2

the wording of the question has no effect on memory, it just influences how they decide to answer

Question 3

what is substitution explanation?

Answer 3

words of the question actually change the pp’s memory of the event

Question 4

what is memory contamination?

Answer 4

when a co-witness to a crime discuss it with eachother, ewt may become altered or distorted because they combine (mis)information from others with their own memories

Question 5

what is memory conformity?

Answer 5

argues ew memories aren’t distorted by ped, instead ew recall changes because they go along with co-witness accounts for: social approval, genuinely believe co-witness it right