An Assailant Entered a Classroom and Attacked the Professor During

question 15

Multiple Choice

An assailant entered a classroom and attacked the professor during class! Of course, it was staged for a learning experience so the professor said, "What did he look like? I only noticed he was really tall," even though he was actually rather short.When questioned by the police, most students described the assailant as being really tall; this is known as the ________.

• A)misinformation effect
• B)sleeper effect
• C)source amnesia
• D)priming outcome

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Definitions:

Deviant Methods

Behaviors or actions that fall outside the normative standards or expectations of a society or community.

Criminogenic

Pertaining to or likely to cause criminal behavior.

Conflict Theorists

Sociologists who focus on social, political, or material inequalities of a social group, analyzing the social and political power dynamics that give rise to conflict and change.

Deviance

Behaviors or actions that violate societal norms or expectations, often eliciting negative societal responses.