experiment 1

• what was the sampling method?

  opportunity sampling
• what were participants shown?

  7 film clips of traffic accidents
• how long were the film clips?

  5-30 secs
• what were the film clips originally made for?

  driver safety film
• what happened after each clip?

  participant received questionnaire in which they were asked to give account of accident they just saw, alongside series of specific questions about accident
• what was the one critical question?

  'about how fast were the cars going when they _____ each other?'
• what was used to fill space?

  variety of 5 different verbs
• how many groups were there?

  5 groups with 9 participants in each
• what were the 5 verbs?

  hit

  smashed

  collided

  bumped

  contacted
• how were participants estimations of speed recorded?

  in mph