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WorksheetsLeading Questions
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a leading question?
A question that is rhetorical
A question that suggests a desired answer
A question that is open-ended
In the Loftus and Palmer (1974) study, which word led to the highest speed estimates?
Contacted
Bumped
Collided
Smashed
Our memory of a crime is often affected by...
the encoding specificity principle
our schemas
observational learning
A leading question changes our...
memory of the event
the answers we give when questioned
The aim of Loftus and Palmer's study was to investigate the effects of...
leading questions on the accuracy of EWT
leading questions on the reliability of EWT
post-event discussion on the accuracy of EWT
post-event discussion on the reliability of EWT
Which experimental design did Loftus and Palmer use?
Lab experiment
Quasi experiment
Independent measures
Repeated measures
Loftus and Palmer's study used 45 American students, this is a problem because it's not...
applicable to real life EWT
generalisable to people of different ages
a valid explanation of EWT
a reliable explanation of EWT
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...
Ecological validity
Real world application
Generalisability
Internal validity
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...
It would reduce demand characteristics
It would avoid investigator bias
It would control for order effects
It would reduce social desirability bias
Loftus and Palmer used a control group to...
establish cause and effect
make sure the study was reliable
control for order effects
avoid researcher bias
In Loftus and Palmers study, participants were randomly allocated to groups. Select all stages of the random allocation process.
All the names of the population are put into a hat
All the participants names are written on individual bits of paper
Pick out one name at a time, the first 5 go in the first group and so on.
Pick out the first 45 names and this is your sample
