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In a Classic Study of Eyewitness Accounts and Leading Questions

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In a classic study of eyewitness accounts and leading questions, people were shown short films showing car
collisions. How did the wording of the questions about the accidents influence participants' estimates of the speed the cars were traveling at the time of the collision?


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