The Participants in the Loftus and Palmer Study Were All

question 36

Multiple Choice

The participants in the Loftus and Palmer study were all students. Which of the following are two disadvantages of using students for this study?

• A)Students are better than average at remembering things and using their memory; It is possible to generalise to the whole population
• B)It is not possible to generalise to the whole population; It is possible that students are more likely to take the experiment seriously
• C)Students have less experience of driving and estimating speed; Students are better than average at remembering things and using their memory
• D)It is possible that students are more likely to take the experiment seriously; Students are not used to being eyewitnesses
• E)Students are used to being eyewitnesses; Students have less experience of driving and estimating speed

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