Question

After Jacob witnessed two cars involved in a car accident, a police officer asked Doug how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other. According to research by Elizabeth Loftus, the question the officer asked Jacob would make Jacob susceptible to

Answer 1

-susceptible to the misinformation effect?

How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?

Step-by-step explanation:

Misinformation effect: In psychology, the term "misinformation effect" is described as the propensity for "post-event information" to interfere or interrupt the memory of a person of the actual or original event. According to researchers, the introduction of relatively precise information that follows an event can possess a "dramatic effect" on how a person remembers.

Cause: The "misinformation effect" happen when an individual's recall of "episodic memories" becomes less or slightly accurate due to post-event information.