When Fisher and His Colleagues Trained Detectives to Use the "Cognitive

question 55

Multiple Choice

When Fisher and his colleagues trained detectives to use the "cognitive interview" procedure for questioning eyewitnesses,

• A) accuracy and confidence of eyewitnesses increased.
• B) the amount of information elicited from eyewitnesses increased 50%.
• C) false memory rate increased 50%.
• D) false memory rate increased slightly, but confidence increased dramatically.

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