Eyewitness Testimony and Cognitive Factors Quiz

According to Loftus and Palmer 1974, what effect did the verb choice have on participants' perceptions of the speed of motor vehicles?

• The verb choice had no effect on participants' perceptions

• The verb choice altered the participants' perceptions

• The verb choice made participants more accurate in their perceptions

• The verb choice confused the participants' perceptions

What did Pozzulo and Lindsay 1998 find about children's identification of innocent persons in a line-up?

• Children are less likely to identify an innocent person

• Children are more likely to identify an innocent person

• Children are unable to identify an innocent person

What was the aim of Pozzulo et al. 2011 in their study on the effect of social vs cognitive factors on children's performance as eyewitnesses?

• To minimize the effect of both social and cognitive factors

• To compare the effect of social and cognitive factors

• To explore the effect of cognitive factors only

• To explore the effect of social factors only

In a target-present task, according to Pozzulo 2011, who should be able to match with the same accuracy?

• Neither children nor adults

• Only adults

• Only children

• Children and adults

What did Pozzulo 2011 predict about children's ability to reject cartoon faces in a target-absent line-up?

• Children will be worse than adults at rejecting cartoon faces

• Children will not be able to reject cartoon faces

• Children will be better than adults at rejecting cartoon faces

• Children will have the same ability as adults to reject cartoon faces

What is the cognitive approach to memory compared to using the computer analogy?

• Input -> Storage -> Precise recall

• Input -> Encoding -> Corruption

• Input -> Encoding -> Distortion

• Input -> Storage -> Corruption

What is the purpose of police lineups involving placing a suspect within a group of other people?

• To identify the suspect

• To protect the suspect

• To confuse the eyewitness

• To intimidate the eyewitness

What is the potential bias in eyewitness testimony according to Loftus-Palmer's study?

• Bias due to the influence of an authority figure

• Bias due to the verb choice in questions

• Bias due to the cognitive demand of the task

• Bias due to the familiarity of cartoon characters