Question

In Loftus' 1978 study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident. Later, some of the subjects were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign. When presented with this inaccurate information, how did these subjects typically respond?

A. Most corrected Loftus and recalled seeing a stop sign.
B. Many began seeing both a stop sign and a yield sign.
C. Many subjects' overall accuracy dropped when confronted with conflicting information.
D. Subjects were confused, but only briefly, at which point their accuracy of recalling the event returned.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Many subjects' overall accuracy dropped when confronted with conflicting information.

Step-by-step explanation:

El estLoftus's (1978) study was conducted to determine how people forget things that seem trivial in a short space of time. This means that for example when you leave the keys in any place, you tend to think that you are in a totally different place than you could be.