An Eyewitness Identified Ashtok from a Lineup as the Man

question 131

Multiple Choice

An eyewitness identified Ashtok from a lineup as the man who robbed the bookstore.As an employee of the store,Ashtok was present during the crime but was not the person who committed the crime.The eyewitness's false identification was most likely the result of

• A)the leniency bias.
• B)the misinformation effect.
• C)a familiarity-induced bias.
• D)the fundamental attribution error.

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