In the Loftus and Palmer Experiment, Participants Were Shown a Film

question 10

Multiple Choice

In the Loftus and Palmer experiment, participants were shown a film of a traffic accident and then later tested for their memory of it. The finding that memory differed based on the specific words used in the test questions illustrated _____.

• A) state-dependent memory
• B) source misattribution
• C) the self-reference effect
• D) the misinformation effect

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