In Elizabeth Loftus’s studies on false memories, participant…
In Elizabeth Loftus’s studies on false memories, participants view a car accident and are then asked about the event. Some people are asked how fast the car was going when it “contacted” the other car while others were asked how fast the car was going when it “smashed into” the other car. What effect did the phrasing of the question have on people’s estimation of the car’s speed?