Recall That Loftus and Her Colleagues (1978) Showed Participants a Series

question 86

Multiple Choice

Recall that Loftus and her colleagues (1978) showed participants a series of slides that depicted an automobile accident.Some participants saw a yield sign in the photos and other participants saw a stop sign.Later, participants were asked questions that contained information that either did or did not match what they had actually seen (i.e., a stop sign versus a yield sign) .Results demonstrated that participants were LEAST accurate in remembering what they had actually seen when

• A) they had a very short time to view the slide series.
• B) question contents contradicted what they had actually seen.
• C) question contents reflected what they had actually seen.
• D) they reported what they had seen after being questioned, rather than before.

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