memory
24/0272022
Leading questions affecting egeusitness testimony
eyewitness testimony is the ability to remember detaus of a key event
eq) accidents of climes that nave been observed fust hand
misleading information is incoiect ijamation given to an eyelulinesy usual
aster the event which influences their ability to acculately Lecau an event
eq reading questions ; post -event discussion
hofous and parmer i910
Leading questions are questions which are pniased in a celtain way and
Suggest a certain answer
" certain phrases and words can be uncluced in ine question Leading someane
to think in a centain wag
2 opius and Paumer (14t) aumed to unvesugate the affect of leading quesncos.
on the accumary op eyewitness t
sample op 45 Amencan students were divded unto 5 groups of nune
independent measure design had ail of the panttipants wach a clip op
ir acadent
2 paiticipants asked a cntcat questior describing how fast the car way
travelling
wetb used in the question was manipuiaied for each group of patticspants
eq hit , contacted ; collided ; smashedl
found mat estumated speed was affected
mean estimated speed for velh contacted was 31mph
mean estimated speed jo velb Smasned was t0mph
e conclude leading questions biased pattucipants eyewliness recalloe avenis
Pleading questions can create a desurecs response in paltucspants
, a g ns▇ o is ue o_A
t ighiycontroued reseach
Lo tus and_Paimer resea Ch n a u verSuy iatb 1Cta y wnich was
n g y contrGLLed
h gh degree f contIcLLeduceschance p extraneous, van bies
vauduy LesultS ncieased
furtheimo1e, easy_for psychcLagsts t ep cate reseaIch_, LO see the
sameresu ts_aie ach eved Lh a dufEerentpo uLatGn
m a
questLonable ecol gu a v ldiły
Loptusand PalmeS caskStO stu y the e fects Opeye lnes estumc▇
aLe aIefLCL
pattu Epants atcheda v ▇ ▇ car crath ▇ ev nSunĘd
fIGm stait tofLn h anc then estumatuig caL speed
however, un eve ycay_rep ls p car acC clen 5 w es raie▇ See the
hcLe e ent
eg) invCi ed un event drec y See_simaL paIE p eve t un pec pheral
LSLGn
thereCre, _Lesutsco n Ł_1 lecE eveny.aycaacCcdlenEs
a
unabie concLude▇ e y e ▇ ha ▇ Stronger emotLncLcoonechCa
evenk wouid be_susceptueto iecudıng questions. un the same w y
acKs_p laŁ o vaLedi y
sampes con isc ed Students from U Veisiy washungtr
reasonabietoargue thatStudenei n the Rxpermenk weie Les1 e penened
nvershc
y e Less accurate at esEnatug speed
uhabe to geneIGiseresuIEs tG orher_pop atibns
eg)oLder,more penenced. daer
other pop atLo s_may_bemaLe accurate th judgement of spe edı arcl
there re Lesssusceptbie_ O Leadung ues▇
24/0272022
Leading questions affecting egeusitness testimony
eyewitness testimony is the ability to remember detaus of a key event
eq) accidents of climes that nave been observed fust hand
misleading information is incoiect ijamation given to an eyelulinesy usual
aster the event which influences their ability to acculately Lecau an event
eq reading questions ; post -event discussion
hofous and parmer i910
Leading questions are questions which are pniased in a celtain way and
Suggest a certain answer
" certain phrases and words can be uncluced in ine question Leading someane
to think in a centain wag
2 opius and Paumer (14t) aumed to unvesugate the affect of leading quesncos.
on the accumary op eyewitness t
sample op 45 Amencan students were divded unto 5 groups of nune
independent measure design had ail of the panttipants wach a clip op
ir acadent
2 paiticipants asked a cntcat questior describing how fast the car way
travelling
wetb used in the question was manipuiaied for each group of patticspants
eq hit , contacted ; collided ; smashedl
found mat estumated speed was affected
mean estimated speed for velh contacted was 31mph
mean estimated speed jo velb Smasned was t0mph
e conclude leading questions biased pattucipants eyewliness recalloe avenis
Pleading questions can create a desurecs response in paltucspants
, a g ns▇ o is ue o_A
t ighiycontroued reseach
Lo tus and_Paimer resea Ch n a u verSuy iatb 1Cta y wnich was
n g y contrGLLed
h gh degree f contIcLLeduceschance p extraneous, van bies
vauduy LesultS ncieased
furtheimo1e, easy_for psychcLagsts t ep cate reseaIch_, LO see the
sameresu ts_aie ach eved Lh a dufEerentpo uLatGn
m a
questLonable ecol gu a v ldiły
Loptusand PalmeS caskStO stu y the e fects Opeye lnes estumc▇
aLe aIefLCL
pattu Epants atcheda v ▇ ▇ car crath ▇ ev nSunĘd
fIGm stait tofLn h anc then estumatuig caL speed
however, un eve ycay_rep ls p car acC clen 5 w es raie▇ See the
hcLe e ent
eg) invCi ed un event drec y See_simaL paIE p eve t un pec pheral
LSLGn
thereCre, _Lesutsco n Ł_1 lecE eveny.aycaacCcdlenEs
a
unabie concLude▇ e y e ▇ ha ▇ Stronger emotLncLcoonechCa
evenk wouid be_susceptueto iecudıng questions. un the same w y
acKs_p laŁ o vaLedi y
sampes con isc ed Students from U Veisiy washungtr
reasonabietoargue thatStudenei n the Rxpermenk weie Les1 e penened
nvershc
y e Less accurate at esEnatug speed
uhabe to geneIGiseresuIEs tG orher_pop atibns
eg)oLder,more penenced. daer
other pop atLo s_may_bemaLe accurate th judgement of spe edı arcl
there re Lesssusceptbie_ O Leadung ues▇
