A legal psychologist is advising a police department on the reliability of eyewitness testimony and how questioning techniques might inadvertently alter witness recall of a traffic accident.
Evaluate Loftus and Palmer’s (1974) research into the influence of leading questions, and discuss how its findings and methodological features relate to this real-world application.
18 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Studies, covering Classic study: Loftus and Palmer (1974), Contemporary study: Bradbury and Williams (2013), Contemporary study: Valentine and Mesout (2009), and Contemporary study: Howells et al. (2005). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.