Brett Was an Eye Witness to a Crime, but He

question 179

Essay

Brett was an eye witness to a crime, but he misidentifies the suspect in court because he saw the suspect's picture in the newspaper and not at the crime scene. This type of error occurs due to elaborative processing causing the origins of a memory to be misremembered, a situation referred to as __________ confusion.

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Cavanagh's Criteria Questions

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Ethics

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