Loftus and Palmer

Loftus and Palmer conducted...

• a study

• an experiment

One advantage of experimental research is that it demonstrates a _____________ relationship

• Cause and effect

• Trial and error

• Correlational

• Scientific

State the IV of the experiment conducted by Loftus and Palmer

• The verb used to describe the impact

• The video the participants watched

• The estimate of speed

• The gender of the participants

State the DV of the experiment conducted by Loftus and Palmer

• The verb used to describe the impact

• The video the participants watched

• The estimate of speed

• The gender of the participants

What type of experimental design was used by Loftus and Palmer?

• Matched pairs

• Repeated measures

• Independent groups

In experiment 1 what were the participants shown?

• Cartoons of traffic accidents

• Seven film clips of different traffic accidents

• One film clip of a traffic accident

• Three film clips of different traffic accidents

In the first experiment, after watching each of the video clips the participants...

• Were interviewed

• Filled in a questionnaire

In part 2 of the second experiment the participants were asked to return to the lab and were asked:

• "Did you see any broken glass?"

• "How fast were the cars going when they hit each other?"

• "How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?"

In the first experiment, the group given the word ___________ estimated a higher speed than the other groups

• Collided

• Hit

• Smashed

• Bumped

Which of these is NOT an order effect

• Practice effect

• Boredom effect

• Participant effect