In Their 1978 Study,Loftus and Colleagues Had Participants View a Slide

question 86

Multiple Choice

In their 1978 study,Loftus and colleagues had participants view a slide presentation of an accident.Later,some of the participants were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign.When these same participants were later asked about what kind of sign was at the accident,they were very likely to be confused in this situation.This is an example of the _____________ effect.

• A)instant replay
• B)constructive processing
• C)levels-of-processing
• D)misinformation

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Definitions:

Merchandiser

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Products in Process

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Raw Materials Inventory

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Production Period

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