In a Showup, the Police May Stage a Confrontation Between

question 25

True/False

In a showup, the police may stage a confrontation between the eye witness and a single suspect.

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Definitions:

Adjustment Bias

A cognitive bias influencing how individuals respond or adapt to new or changing information, often hindering accurate decision-making.

Lack-of-participation Error

Lack-of-participation error occurs when decision-making or evaluation processes are hindered due to the absence or minimal involvement of key individuals.

Confirmation Error

A cognitive bias where individuals give more weight to evidence that confirms their existing beliefs, disregarding evidence that contradicts them.

Availability Bias

The cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of events based on their recallability or prominence in memory.