When People Estimate Their Confidence While Providing Eyewitness Testimony

question 17

Multiple Choice

When people estimate their confidence while providing eyewitness testimony,

• A) they are typically more correct than they estimate themselves to be.
• B) they are almost as confident about their incorrect memories as they are about their correct memories.
• C) their confidence about their eyewitness testimony is strongly correlated with the accuracy of the testimony.
• D) their confidence is reduced because of the constructivist effect.

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Definitions:

Seminiferous Tubules

Coiled tubules in the testes in which spermatogenesis takes place in male vertebrates.

Seminal Vesicles

Seminal vesicles are male reproductive glands that produce and secrete a fluid that forms part of the semen, which provides nutrition and motility to sperm.

Prostate Gland

A gland in the male reproductive system that surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra and produces a fluid that is a component of semen.

Bulbourethral Glands

Pea-sized glands in the male reproductive system that produce a clear, slippery fluid that lubricates and neutralizes acidity in the urethra during sexual arousal.