Loftus And Palmer's Theory Of Eyeimony

Many researchers have explored the accuracy of memory on events. Eyewitness testimony plays a huge role in determining research within human reconstructive memory and cognitive psychology. These two terms elaborate on the cognitive processes through language, and imagination by the given account received by individuals that witnessed a certain event. Loftus & Palmer believed that individuals tended to overestimate the recalling of events on memory. Thus, they believed that providing leading questions could distort the eyewitness testimony accounts; which in turn would allow for the account to become misleading.
Loftus & Palmer (1974) tested the theory of eyewitness testimony by determining how the wording of questions (such as using hit or