FAEWT: Misleading questions Flashcards
(5 cards)
Loftus + Palmer EXP.1
Accuracy in memory after witnessing car crash
45 students shown 7 films of different traffic accidents
Given questionnaire which asked “how fast when hit each other”
5 Groups
given words: Hit, smashed, collided, bumped, contacted
Smashed = higher speed (around 41mph)
Contacted = lowest speed (around 30 mph)
Form of questioning can effect witness’ answers
Loftus + Palmer EXP.2 - broken glass
Whether leading questions bias a pp response or cause information to be altered
150 pp, split 3 groups
shown film of accident, asked about speed
After 1 week, asked series of questions: Did you see any broken glass
Smashed in questions = more likely to say yes
Hit = less likely
Post-event discussion, Conformity effect
Studied pp in pairs
watched video of the same crime, different angles
saw elements that other didn’t
71% recalled aspects of event they didn’t see but from discussion
Witnesses go along with each other for social approval or believe they are right, others are wrong
Post-event discussion, Repeat interviewing
Possibility that comments from interviewer will become incorporated into their recollection of events
May use leading questions - esp when children involved
AO3
Bugs Bunny Study
College students asked to evaluate material about disneyland
Misleading info about bugs bunny + ariel
ALL pp have been to disneyland
If given advertisement material with BB + A, more likely to report shaking hands with these characters than those who didn’t
Application to CJS
Mistaken EW identification = main contributing factors to conviction of innocent people
Lack of ecological validity and mundane realism
Lab experiment, does not represent real life crimes/accidents
Demand characteristics
