The textbook describes research conducted by Loftus and colleagues (1968)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,whereas other participants were asked misleading questions.Which of the following best describes the results of this research?

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The research found that participants who were asked misleading questions were more likely to recall the pictures incorrectly, indicating that the misleading questions impaired their abilities to recall the pictures correctly. Option A is incorrect because not all participants correctly remembered the pictures. Option B is incorrect because the research found that the type of question asked influenced participants' ability to recall the pictures. Option D is incorrect because the research did not investigate age differences in memory recall.

The Textbook Describes Research Conducted by Loftus and Colleagues (1968)in