leading questions

What is a leading question?

A question which, because of the way it is phrased, suggests a certain answer.

What was the method of the bumped smashed experiment?

participants were shown a video of a collision between two cars, they were then asked to estimate the speed of one of the cars. however in each condition the severity of the verb changed from bumped, smashed, hit and contacted eg what speed do you think the car was going at when they hit eachother?

What were the results of the bumped smashed experiment?

that as the percieved severity of the word increased so did the estimate of the speed with up to a 10 mph difference

Who conducted to bumped/smashed experiment?

loftus and palmer

What was the method of the experiment involving a real life shooting?

a real life shooting took place in Vancouver and witnesses were interviewed by the police. 4-5 months later they were interviewed with leading and misleading questions to see the effect on their testimony

What were the results of the real life shooting experiment?

witnesses were highly accurate in their recollection

Who conducted the study into the real life shooting?

Yuille and cutshall

What is an issue and debate relating to leading questions?

experimental reductionism