The Textbook Describes Research Conducted by Loftus and Colleagues in Which

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes research conducted by Loftus and colleagues in which participants were shown pictures of an automobile accident and were asked questions about the pictures. Some participants were asked questions that were consistent with what they actually saw, but some participants were asked misleading questions. Which of the following best describes the results of this research?

A) Most participants correctly remembered the pictures, no matter what kinds of questions they were asked.
B) All participants had difficulty correctly remembering the pictures, no matter what kinds of questions they were asked.
C) The misleading questions impaired participants' abilities to recall the pictures correctly.
D) The misleading questions affected memory only in participants younger than ten years of age.