In Lindsay's "Misinformation Effect" Experiment, Participants Saw a Sequence of Slides

question 60

Multiple Choice

In Lindsay's "misinformation effect" experiment, participants saw a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer. This slide presentation included narration by a female speaker who described what was happening in the slides as they were shown. Results showed that the misinformation effect was greatest when presentation of misleading post-event information was

• A) visual.
• B) auditory, regardless of the gender of the speaker.
• C) auditory from a female speaker.
• D) auditory from a male speaker.

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