Instructions: In 1974, Loftus and Palmer conducted a classic study demonstrating how the language used to ask a question can influence eyewitness memory. In the study, college students watched a film of an automobile accident and then were asked questions about what they saw. One group was asked, “About how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?” Another group was asked the same question except the verb was changed to “hit” instead of “smashed into.” The “smashed into” group reported significantly higher estimates of speed than the “hit” group. You, as a researcher wonder if Loftus and Palmer’s study is reliable, and repeats this study with a sample of FIU students and obtains the following data. Hit Group Smashed Into Group 28 46 22 41 36 51 32 36 38 41 39 37 33 46 37 31 32 35 25 52 22 55 27 50 22 41 25 39 32 47 26 45 36 32 35 41 39 46 40 37
Instructions: In 1974, Loftus and Palmer conducted a classic study demonstrating how the language used to ask a question can influence eyewitness memory. In the study, college students watched a film of an automobile accident and then were asked questions about what they saw. One group was asked, “About how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?” Another group was asked the same question except the verb was changed to “hit” instead of “smashed into.” The “smashed into” group reported significantly higher estimates of speed than the “hit” group. You, as a researcher wonder if Loftus and Palmer’s study is reliable, and repeats this study with a sample of FIU students and obtains the following data.
|
Hit Group |
Smashed Into Group |
|
28 |
46 |
|
22 |
41 |
|
36 |
51 |
|
32 |
36 |
|
38 |
41 |
|
39 |
37 |
|
33 |
46 |
|
37 |
31 |
|
32 |
35 |
|
25 |
52 |
|
22 |
55 |
|
27 |
50 |
|
22 |
41 |
|
25 |
39 |
|
32 |
47 |
|
26 |
45 |
|
36 |
32 |
|
35 |
41 |
|
39 |
46 |
|
40 |
37 |
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