Eyewitness Testimony

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Psychology

 

Written by:

Michael F

 

Date added:

October 24, 2016

 

Level:

University

 

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A

 

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4 / 850

 

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In 1974,Loftus, along with Palmer, conducted a study called “Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction” in order to simulate participants witnessing a car crash and to see the effects of leading questions on them. The term leading questions are referring to questions that influence a person to give a particular answer...
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They asked participants to watch a series of few video clips of road accidents, involving a number of different cars and were then asked to describe the events that took place, like they would in a real accident and if they were a real witness. Furthermore, the participants spilt up to 5 groups of 9 (relatively small sample) where they were asked a series of specific questions about what took place in the clips, the critical question being: Condition 1: 'About how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?' Condition 2: 'About how fast were the cars going when they collided into each other?' Condition 3: 'About how fast were the cars going when they bumped into each other?' Condition 4: 'About how fast were the cars going when they hit each other? Condition 5: 'About how fast were the cars going when they contacted each other?' The result showed that the information presented in the question systematically affected the way in which the participants remembered the accident...
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