experiment 2

• Procedure-The leading question may bias a participant’s response or may cause information to be altered before it is stored.
• A new set of participants was divided into 3 groups and shown a film lasting 1 minute and again were asked questions about speed.They were asked to return a week later and were asked 10 questions,including another critical question ‘Did you see any broken glass?’There was no broken glass but those who thought that the car was travelling faster were more likely to think there was broken glass.

  Findings-showed that the leading question did change the actual memory a participant had for the event.
• Response bias explanation-suggests the wording of the question has no real effect on participants’ memories, but influences how they decide to answer.’Smashes’ encourages them to choose a higher speed estimate.

  Substitution explanation-suggests the wording of the leading question actually changes the participants memory of the clip.The critical verb altered their memory of the incident.