An Eyewitness from a Crime Is Asked to Look Through

question 344

Multiple Choice

An eyewitness from a crime is asked to look through some mug shots to see if he can identify the person who committed the crime. After doing this, he sees a police lineup of suspects and identifies one of the men as the person who committed the crime because he looks very familiar. Unfortunately, the man in the lineup looks familiar not because the eyewitness saw him commit the crime but because he saw his face in the mug shot books a few hours ago. This example demonstrates the phenomenon of ____________.

• A)proactive interference
• B)retrograde amnesia
• C)source confusion
• D)state-dependent memory

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Definitions:

Standardization

The process of developing and implementing technical standards to ensure consistency and compatibility in products, services, and processes.

Random Selection

A method of selecting a sample from a population in a way that gives every member of the population an equal chance of being chosen.

Representative Sample

A subset of a population that closely mirrors the characteristics of the overall population, used in research to draw conclusions about the population as a whole.

Population

a group of individuals of the same species living in the same geographic area at the same time, capable of interbreeding.