Psychology
6.1 Multiple choice questions
Loftus and Palmer
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Q1
Which method was used by Loftus and Palmer?
a. field experiment
b. natural experiment
c. quasi experiment
d. laboratory experiment
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Q2
What was the design used by Loftus and Palmer?
a. independent measures design
b. matched pairs design
c. repeated measures design
d. single-subject design
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Q3
Who were the participants in Experiment 1?
a. students
b. drivers
c. accident witnesses
d. accident victims
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Q4
Which verb was not used in Experiment 1?
a. hit
b. smashed
c. struck
d. contacted
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Q5
What was the dependent variable in Experiment 1?
a. number of accidents recalled
b. broken glass seen
c. estimate of speed
d. written account of accident
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Q6
What was shown to participants in Experiment 1?
a. videos of accidents
b. film clips of accidents
c. photographs of accidents
d. CCTV of accidents
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Q7
Which of the following was a dependent variable
in Experiment 2?
a. estimate of size of car
b. whether broken glass seen
c. participants written account of accident
d. whether participant passed driving test
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Q8
Which verb gave the highest speed estimate in
Experiment 1?
a. bumped
b. hit
c. collided
d. smashed
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Q9
How many participants were there in Experiment 2?
a. 45
b. 15
c. 150
d. 50
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Q10
Which of these was not a group of participants in
Experiment 2?
a. control
b. ‘hit'
c. ‘contacted'
d. ‘smashed'
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Q11
How long was left between showing the films and
asking about the broken glass?
a. 24 hours
b. 1 hour
c. 1 week
d. 1 month
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Q12
Which group(s) 'saw' most broken glass?
a. ‘smashed' and ‘hit'
b. ‘smashed'
c. control
d. control and ‘hit'
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Q13
What did Loftus and Palmer conclude about
leading questions?
a. They can influence memory.
b. They have no effect on memory.
c. They only effect students.
d. They only work with car accidents.
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Q14
What two types of information affect our
memory?
a. before and after an event
b. before and during an event
c. during and after an event
d. immediately after and a long time after
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Q15
What is a leading question?
a. A question that leads a
certain answer.
b. A question that leads a
wrong answer.
c. A question that leads a
right answer.
d. A question that leads a
person to give a
person to give a
person to give a
person to lie.