Leading Questions

• Lab experiments like Loftus & Palmer lack ecological validity.
• Lab experiments like Loftus & Palmer often use students so lack population validity.
• Experiments like Loftus & Palmer have high levels of control over the IV so are said to have high internal validity.
• Experiments like Loftus & Palmer have high control and standardised procedures making them high in reliability.
• Leading questions has many applications in real life, such as by the police or courts with real witnesses.
• To improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, the police should avoid the use of leading questions.
• Foster et al (1994) suggest that information provided from real witnesses has more consequences than that from participants in studies.
• Yuille & Cutshall (1986) suggest that people are reliable witnesses in real life.
• Sutherland & Hayne (2001) showed how central, important information is more likely to be recalled by witnesses, even if leading questions are used.