She was a problem child from birth. She was wild,
stubborn and violent. By the time she turned eight she
was still unmanageable. Her parents were very concerned
with her mental health. There was no good institution for
her problem in the state. Her parents finally decided to take
some action. They hired a private teacher for her.
PHASE II: Subjects were asked a series of misleading questions including the critical questions...
Unbiased: Did another car pass the red Datsun when it stopped at the corner?
PHASE II. Subjects were asked a series of questions including one of these two.
Neutral condition: "How fast was the white sports car going as it travelled along the country road?"
PHASE II. Subjects were asked a series of questions including one of these two.
Neutral condition: "Did the car that drove past the accident have a ski rack on the roof?"
PHASE II: Later they read a summary of the slides
CONTROL: No calculator is mentioned
PHASE III: Subjects take a special source monitoring test. For each object on the test they must decide:
Saying either that the calculator was in the slides or that it was in both the slides and the summary would be source monitoring errors.
MISLED subjects make more of these source monitoring errors than do CONTROL subjects.
PHASE II: Later they read a summary of the slides
CONTROL: No calculator is mentioned
PHASE III: Subjects take a test in which they are given a list of objects and they must decide for each object whether or not it was in the slides. Before they do so they are given special instructions
Opposition instructions: The narrative included some objects which WERE NOT in the slides. Any object on this test which was mentioned in the summary DEFINITELY WAS NOT in the slides.
Results: MISLED subjects are more likely to endorse items which were not in the slides even though they were explicitly told that any test item mentioned in the summary definitely was not in the slides.
When Jack finished with his apartment, it was almost 4:00 and Jack had an appointment to take his dog Al to the vet for shots. Jack got Al's leash and whistled for Al to come. Al was an old dog and got up slowly and walked over to Jack and they walked out the door. Jack loaded Al into the car and drove the three blocks to the vet's office. They entered the office and Jack confirmed his appointment with the receptionist. Jack waited in the waiting room for the receptionist to call him. Jack showed the lady next to him all the tricks Al could do. When the receptionist called him, Jack took Al into the examination room where he met Dr. Jaccard. Dr. Jaccard examined Al, checking his teeth and listening to his heart. Dr. Jaccard took out a hypodermic needle and gave Al a shot as Jack held him down. Once they were done Jack went back out to the waiting room and paid the bill. Jack thought the receptionist was attractive, so he flirted with her for a few minutes. In the waiting room there were a lot of other animals, the most unusual one being a lizard. After Jack paid the bill, he went back home.
Return to Class homepage