Eyewiyness Testimony - Significantly more RPs who are asked leading questions will state they saw a smashed headlamp than those who are not asked leading questions.

... Patrick Southern Psychology Coursework Eyewitness Testimony Contents Introduction Methodology Hypothesis Analysis Bibliography Conclusion Project Brief Statement of hypothesis Significantly more RPs who are asked leading questions will state they saw a smashed headlamp than those who are not asked leading questions. Direction of Hypothesis A directional, or 'one tailed' hypothesis has been given. This means that it predicts specifically what will happen. This type of hypothesis has been given because looking at Loftus' 1975 study into eyewitness testimony (which is in ways similar to this study) we can predict the results. By doing this, validity is increased if the hypothesis is proved to be correct. Research Method The research is carried out using the independent measures design. This is because the disadvantages of the other designs made this the most suitable - the repeated measures design would increase order effects and the matched pairs design would be inefficient as it would take too long. It is the simplest design, making it

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