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Leading Questions

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a leading question?

a)

A question that is rhetorical

b)

A question that suggests a desired answer

c)

A question that is open-ended

2.

In the Loftus and Palmer (1974) study, which word led to the highest speed estimates?

a)

Contacted

b)

Bumped

c)

Collided

d)

Smashed

3.

Our memory of a crime is often affected by...

a)

the encoding specificity principle

b)

our schemas

c)

observational learning

4.

A leading question changes our...

a)

memory of the event

b)

the answers we give when questioned

5.

The aim of Loftus and Palmer's study was to investigate the effects of...

a)

leading questions on the accuracy of EWT

b)

leading questions on the reliability of EWT

c)

post-event discussion on the accuracy of EWT

d)

post-event discussion on the reliability of EWT

6.

Which experimental design did Loftus and Palmer use?

a)

Lab experiment

b)

Quasi experiment

c)

Independent measures

d)

Repeated measures

7.

Loftus and Palmer's study used 45 American students, this is a problem because it's not...

a)

applicable to real life EWT

b)

generalisable to people of different ages

c)

a valid explanation of EWT

d)

a reliable explanation of EWT

8.

The participants watched a video of a car crash, this is a problem because people may be less anxious than witnessing a real accident, this means the study lacks...

a)

Ecological validity

b)

Real world application

c)

Generalisability

d)

Internal validity

9.

In Loftus and Palmer's second study, they asked participants lots of questions about the video, not just 'did you see any broken glass'. This is good because...

a)

It would reduce demand characteristics

b)

It would avoid investigator bias

c)

It would control for order effects

d)

It would reduce social desirability bias

10.

Loftus and Palmer used a control group to...

a)

establish cause and effect

b)

make sure the study was reliable

c)

control for order effects

d)

avoid researcher bias

11.

In Loftus and Palmers study, participants were randomly allocated to groups. Select all stages of the random allocation process.

a)

All the names of the population are put into a hat

b)

All the participants names are written on individual bits of paper

c)

Pick out one name at a time, the first 5 go in the first group and so on.

d)

Pick out the first 45 names and this is your sample