WorksheetsLoftus and Palmer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What type of experimental design did Loftus and Palmer use?
Independent groups design
Repeated measures design
How many student participants were there in experiment 1?
50
40
45
150
How many participants were there in experiment 2?
150
145
152
175
How long were the film segments?
5-10 seconds
5-20 seconds
5-30 seconds
5-40 seconds
In experiment 1, which two of these verbs were not used in the blank space in questions asked to the participants?
Hit
Collided
Bumped
Damaged
Smashed
In experiment 2, they investigated whether leading questions simply ______ a person's response.
Affect
Alter
Bias
Change
How many groups were in experiment 2?
0
2
3
5
What was the contemporary debate about?
Operant conditioning
The mother as the primary caregiver
Eyewitness testimony
Ducks
Where was the study conducted?
Lab
Quasi (natural environment)
Field
Court
What year was the study conducted?
1964
1974
1976
2002
Was there actually any broken glass in the videos shown?
Yes
No
What was the correlation between harshness of the verb and the estimated speed of the car given?
Negative
Positive
No correlation
What were the two explanations Loftus and Palmer suggested for the results?
Response Bias
Eye-witness testimony is reliable
Eye-witness testimony is not reliable
Memory is Altered
Why did Loftus and Palmer conduct this study? Pick 3 answers
False convictions
The sentencing length of convicts
FMS (false memory syndrome)
Mis-identification
Re-evaluating crimes
The findings can be understood in relation to research the effects on verbal labels, such as which classic study?
Yarmey (1993)
Loftus and Zanni (1975)
Pozzulo and Lindsay (1998)
Carmichael et al (1932)
Is the study conducted by Loftus and Palmer reliable?
No
Yes
Mostly
Is there a high or low ecological validity in Loftus and Palmer's study?
High
Low
What are the respective variables for the IV and DV in the context of Loftus and Palmer's Study?
The verb used to describe the impact
The amount of participants
Estimate of speed
The amount of broken glass
Where did the sample participants come from?
US College students
Canadian School Children
British School Children
Texas
What type of research did they use?
Case study
Focus groups
Qualitative
Experimental
