How ACCURATE is Eyewitness Testimony?| Leading Questions & Post Event Discussion

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How can leading questions and post-event discussion influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

This video explores eyewitness testimony, and the role of misleading information - specifically how leading questions and post-event discussion can impact the recall of eyewitnesses. This is part of the AQA A-level Psychology course.

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LINKS to research mention in the video:
Loftus & Palmer (1974)
psycnet.apa.org/record/1975-04498-001
Gabbert et al. (2003)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.885
Foster et al. (1994)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.235008…

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00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Eyewitness Testimony
01:09 - Leading Questions
01:44 - Loftus & Palmer (1974) - Experiment 1
02:39 - Loftus & Palmer (1974) - Experiment 2
03:53 - Evaluation - Practical Application
04:59 - Post-Event Discussion
05:30 - Gabbert et al. (2003)
07:09 - Evaluating the Research
09:23 - Outro

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