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What is meant by 'misinformation acceptance'?
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People accepting misleading information subsequent to an event and absorbing it into their memory of the actual event
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Who proposed this term?
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Loftus (1992)
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Outline Loftus' (1975) study
What was the aim? |
To investigate the effects of misleading information on EWT
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Loftus (1975) study
What was the method? |
1) Participants shown film of events leading up to car accident
2) Divided into control and experimental group 3) Control group: asked questions consistent with what they'd seen ('How fast was the white sports car going when it passed the Stop sign?') 4) Experimental group: asked question containing misleading info ('How fast was the white sports car going when it passed the barn while travelling along the country road?' 5) All participants asked more questions regarding the accident |
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Why was the question posed to the experimental group misinformation?
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There had been no barn in the original film
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Loftus (1975) study
What was found? |
1) 17% of experimental group participants reported seeing a barn in original film
2) 3% of control group reported this also |
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Loftus (1975) study
What did Loftus conclude from this? |
The misleading post-event information had been absorbed into their original memory of event, thus believing they really had seen a barn
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Loftus (1975) study
What were the methodological issues of this study? |
1) Controlled lab. experiment
2) Realistic material used: footage of car accident 3) Situation artificial: participants knew attention had to be paid: witnesses wouldn't be prepared in real-life EWT |
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Loftus (1975) study
What were the ethical issues of this study? |
1) Fully informed consent couldn't be obtained: couldn't say she would be asking misleading questions
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