Cognitive Approach Review Studies

Who conducted a study investigating if leading questions can create false memories?

• Loftus and Pickrell
• Shaw and Porter
• Loftus and Palmer
• Bransford and Johnson

Which verb lead to the slowest speed estimates in Loftus and Palmer's experiment 1?

• Contacted
• Hit
• Smashed
• Bumped

Which verb lead to the fastest speed estimates in Loftus and Palmer's experiment 1?

• Contacted
• Hit
• Smashed
• Bumped

What % of participants recalled broken glass in the smashed and hit conditions (respectively)?

• 40mph and 30mph
• 14% and 32%
• 32% and 14%
• 50/50

What is the name given to the tendency to focus on information in a way that confirms preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

• Schematic processing
• Rationalization
• System two processing
• Confirmation bias

In Cohen et al.'s study, participants watch a video of a woman having dinner with her husband. What was her job?

• librarian
• teacher
• coach
• waiteress

Stone et al. conducted a study investigating how prior knowledge can influence comprehension and memory

• True
• False

What was the DV in Cohen's study?

• the job of the woman: librarian vs. waitress
• the schema consistent details recalled about the woman
• the ethnicity of the woman
• how well the woman played basketball

Which of these traits were more likely to be assigned to the black athlete in Stone et al?

• Played with hustle
• Made intelligent plays
• Made athletic plays
• More likely to cheat

Which of these was NOT a condition in Bransford and Johnson's study?

• Title before
• False title
• Title after
• No title