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In a classic study of eyewitness accounts and leading questions, people were shown short films showing car collisions. How did the wording of the questions about the accidents influence the estimations of the speed of the cars?
Attentional Resources
Cognitive capacity or energy available at a given time for processing information and performing tasks.
Inattentional Blindness
A psychological lack of attention wherein an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight.
Working-Memory Capacity
Working-memory capacity is the amount of information that an individual can hold temporarily in a readily accessible state for cognitive tasks.
Executive Functioning
Cognitive processes that include planning, making decisions, implementing strategies, inhibiting inappropriate behaviors, and using working memory to process information.
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