In an Experiment, Loftus and Palmer (1974) Showed Participants a Video

question 13

Multiple Choice

In an experiment, Loftus and Palmer (1974) showed participants a video of a car accident. The effect on recall when participants were asked leading questions about the accident was that participants:

• A) recalled the color of the car accurately.
• B) had accurate recall only after being prompted.
• C) estimated the car speed based on a word in the question.
• D) recalled the accident without help from word cues.

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