Loftus and Palmer (1974) conducted an experiment in which participants estimated the speed of cars that were described as either contacting or smashing into another. To which of the following conclusions regarding eyewitness memory is this study most relevant?
a. The presence of a weapon attracts witnesses' attention, impairing their memory.
b. Eyewitnesses confidence is only weakly related to eyewitness memory.
c. Eyewitness memory can be heavily influenced by leading questions.
d. Child eyewitnesses less suggestible than are adult eyewitnesses.
c. Eyewitness memory can be heavily influenced by leading questions.
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A. physical aggression; verbal aggression B. severe aggression; murder C. verbal aggression; murder D. physical aggression; murder
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