In an experiment, volunteers witnessed a simulated crime  After they witnessed the simulation the volunteers were first questioned by a lawyer whose goal was to get them to testify inaccurately about the event  They were then cross-examined by another lawyer whose goal was to cause them to correct the inaccuracies in their testimony
The witnesses who gave testimony containing fewer inaccurate details than most of the other witnesses during the first lawyer' s questioning also gave testimony containing a greater number of inaccurate details than most of the other witnesses during cross-examination
These witnesses were less inclined than most of the other witnesses to be influenced in their testimony by the nature of the questioning.