After Participants Have Witnessed an Event,being Asked Misleading Questions Can

question 47

Multiple Choice

After participants have witnessed an event,being asked misleading questions can influence their

• A)immediate reports of the event as well as their recall of the event if they try to remember it sometime later.
• B)immediate reports of the event but has little impact on longer-term retention.
• C)longer-term retention of the event,but not their reports of the event immediately after witnessing it.
• D)reports of an event only if the questions plant false ideas that are compatible with the participants' schemas.

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