Loftus Amd Palmer

Question 1

What was the aim of loftus and palmers first experiment ?

Answer 1

To see whether using different verbs to describe a collision between two cars could affect estimates of the speed at which they were travelling when the crash took place

Question 2

What was the aim of loftus and palmers experiment two ?

Answer 2

Whether different speeds eastimates found in experiment one were in fact, the result of a distortion memory

Question 3

Describe the participants in loftus and palmers experiment 2?

Answer 3

• 150 participants

- no details of age or gender

Question 4

Describe the participants in loftus and palmers experiment 1

Answer 4

• 45 participants

- no details of age or gender required

Question 5

What was the independent variable of loftus and palmers experiment 1

Answer 5

The verb used in the critical question

-hit, contacted, bumped, collided, smashed

Question 6

What was the dependent variable of loftus and palmers experiment 1

Answer 6

The mean estimated speed of the car