Question

Lindsay’s misinformation effect experiment, in which participants were given a memory test about a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer, showed that participants are influenced by MPI:________.

a. if they believe the postevent information is correct.

b. only if the MPI is presented immediately after viewing the event.

c. even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.

d. if the MPI is consistent with social stereotypes.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.

Explanation:

Lindsay’s misinformation effect experiment, in which participants were given a memory test about a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer, showed that participants are influenced by MPI even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.

Explanation:

Misinformation effect can be refer to an inclinations for a previous event information to come in between the memory of the real event.

Misinformation effect first researched on in the 1970s by a psychologist named Elizabeth Loftus.

in which participants were given a memory test about a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer, showed that participants are influenced by MPI even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.