AQA A-Level Psychology: Misleading Information

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Question	Answer
Who are the key researchers for EWT: misleading information?	Loftus and Palmer
What percentage of participants in Gabbert's conformity effect study mistakenly recalled items?	71%
What was the mean speed estimate when the verb SMASHED was used to describe a car crash?	Smashed - 40.8 / 41mph
What was the mean speed estimate when the verb COLLIDED was used to describe a car crash?	Collided - 39.3 / 39mph
What was the mean speed estimate when the verb BUMPED was used to describe a car crash?	Bumped - 38.1 / 38mph
What was the mean speed estimate when the verb HIT was used to describe a car crash?	Hit - 34mph
What was the mean speed estimate when the verb CONTACTED was used to describe a car crash?	Contacted - 31.8 / 32mph
What is a leading question?	A question that suggests an answer or leads a witness to a desired answer.
Which group of people are most prone to inaccurate EWT as a result of repeat interviewing?	Children - Particularly when interviewed about a crime, comments from the interviewer become incorporated into their recall of the event.
What is the conformity effect?	When co-witnesses reach a general consensus of what happened.

Question	Answer
What are the two examples of misleading information you need to know about?	Leading questions
What are the two examples of misleading information you need to know about?	Post-event discussion
What are the 3 stages of EWT?	Encoding, retention, retrieval
What percentage of crimes were overturned by DNA testing as a result of inaccurate EWT? (Innocence Project)	72%
AO3 - What did the Disneyland study indicate about misleading information?	Research support, shows how powerful misleading information can be in creating false memories.
AO3 - What were college students shown in the Disneyland study?	Advertising material with Bugs Bunny (not a Disney character) and Ariel (not introduced during their childhood)
AO3 - What kind of validity does EWT research lack?	Ecological validity
AO3 - What participant variables most effects the reliability of EWT?	Age - Children and the elderly can have poor memory and as a result are more prone to misleading information.
AO3 - Why was EWT research criticised for having response bias?	A study found that order of the questions made a significant difference to results when replicating Loftus' study.
What is post-event discussion?	A conversation that contaminates a witness' memory of the event.