part 1

• what were participants shown in part 1?

  film of multiple car crashes
• how long did the actual incident last?

  less than 4 secs
• what was the one critical question in part 1?

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

  variety of 2 different verbs
• how many groups were there?

  3 groups, 50 participants in each
• what were the 2 verbs used?

  smashed

  hit
• what was the 3rd group?

  control group
• what happened to the control group?

  group members not exposed to any questions