Question

Based on the loftus, et al. (1978) study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident, and some of the subjects were asked a question about a blue car, when the actual slides contained pictures of a green car. when these same subjects were asked about the color of the car at the accident, they were found to be confused. this is an example of the _________.

Answer 1

This is an example of misinformation effect. Misinformation effect is a wrong information that is in the database of a person's memory. In the example, the subjects said that the car was blue when in fact it is green and made them confused as they think their memory is right. They got it wrong because they were presented with slides regarding accident and were asked a blue car was involved. And when they answered green, they got confused because the recalling of memory is dependent on the question asked .