People Are More Likely to Make Errors in Eyewitness Testimony

question 37

Multiple Choice

People are more likely to make errors in eyewitness testimony

• A) if the original event was actually very consistent with a schema.
• B) if there was believable post-event misinformation.
• C) if there is no social pressure.
• D) if these people provided eyewitness testimony immediately after the event.

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Definitions:

Anal Stage

The second stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, focusing on toilet training and control issues, leading to traits of orderliness or messiness.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory of childhood stages of development, each characterized by an erogenous zone that is the source of a child's psychosexual energy.

Sexual Fantasies

Imaginative thoughts or daydreams about sexual activities or desires, which can serve various psychological purposes.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that contains thoughts, memories, and desires not within the realm of current awareness.