Loftus and Palmer (1974) Manipulated the Wording of Questions Posed

question 104

Multiple Choice

Loftus and Palmer (1974) manipulated the wording of questions posed to participants who witness a filmed traffic accident. Their findings suggest that

• A) post-event information becomes integrated into a witness's actual memory for an event.
• B) once a memory enters into storage, it will emerge unchanged at retrieval.
• C) witnesses often store multiple, contradictory memories for a single event.
• D) most eyewitness errors have to do with problems that arise during acquisition.

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