Your text describes a study by Loftus et al. in which one group of participants watched a video of a red car approaching a stop sign and the other group watched a video of a red car approaching a yield sign. After viewing the tapes, both groups were asked if another car passed the red car while it was stopped at the stop sign. Some participants who saw the yield sign claimed they saw the car at the stop sign. What are the implications of this study?

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Selah Cortez

6 July, 16:36

Your text describes a study by Loftus et al. in which one group of participants watched a video of a red car approaching a stop sign and the other group watched a video of a red car approaching a yield sign. After viewing the tapes, both groups were asked if another car passed the red car while it was stopped at the stop sign. Some participants who saw the yield sign claimed they saw the car at the stop sign. What are the implications of this study?

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Larissa Caldwell · Answer 1

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the implications of this study would be the way that, how questions are phrased can drastically influence the kind of answers that individuals provide. Therefore people with authority such as police officers and attorneys must be careful with how they phrase certain questions in order to avoid suggestibility bias.