Factors affecting EWT- misleading information

which of the following is not a leading question ?

• Do you enjoy football?

• What are your views on football?

• You are a great footballer, aren't you?

• Do you think football is a hard sport to play?

Post-event information refers to...

• information after the event took place

• information before the event took place

• random information

Which word was NOT used by Loftus and Palmer

• collided

• contacted

• crashed

• smashed

Which word was had the higest speed rating of 40.8mph?

• collided

• contacted

• hit

• smashed

Which word was had the lowest speed rating of 31.8 mph?

• collided

• contacted

• hit

• smashed

In lofus and Palmer's research, ppts watched a real car cash in person

• true

• false

this suggests that the wording of the question has no real effect on the ppts memories, but just influences how they decide to answer.

• response bias explanation

• substitution explanation

This proposes that the wording of a leading question changes the ppts memory of the film clip.

• response bias explanation

• substitution explanation

The critical verb (smashed, hit, contacted etc) altered their memory of the incident.

• true

• false

Gabbert (2003) found that 71% of the ppts had their recall affected by ______.

• post event discussion

• leading questions

• immediate recall