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====Leading questions====
Often during eyewitness testimonies the witness is interrogated about their particular view of an incident and often the interrogator will use [[leading question]]s to direct and control the type of response that is elicited by the witness.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Loftus | first1 = E.F. | year = 1975 | title = Leading Questions and the Eyewitness Report | url = http://www.someya-net.com/01-Tsuyaku/Reading/Loftus75.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Cognitive Psychology | volume = 7 | issue = | pages = 560–572 | doi = 10.1016/0010-0285(75)90023-7 }}</ref> This phenomenon occurs when the response a person gives can be persuaded by the way a question is worded. For example, a person could be posed a question in two different forms:
* "What was the approximate height of the robber?" which would lead the respondent to estimate the height according to their original perceptions. They could alternatively be asked:
* "How short was the robber?" which would persuade the respondent to recall that the robber was actually shorter than they had originally perceived.
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