Studies of Eyewitness Memory Typically Have Children Experience or Watch

question 17

Multiple Choice

Studies of eyewitness memory typically have children experience or watch an event, and later answer questions about the events that they witnessed.Which of the following options best summarizes what preschool children provide during their recall of the event?

• A)They provide few precise details, but what they do recall is generally accurate.
• B)They provide few precise details, and what they do recall is generally inaccurate.
• C)They provide many precise and vivid details, but what they do recall is inaccurate.
• D)They provide many precise and vivid details, and what they do recall is accurate.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.