In the Chowchilla, California Kidnapping Case, School Children Were Kidnapped

question 8

Multiple Choice

In the Chowchilla, California kidnapping case, school children were kidnapped at gunpoint and buried for 16 hours before escaping. Several years after the event, a child psychiatrist interviewed the children. She reported that

• A) virtually all of the children remembered the exact details of the chilling episode.
• B) fewer than half of the children remembered any of the details of the chilling episode.
• C) half of the children had notable errors and distortions in their memories of the episode.
• D) most children had notable errors and distortions in their memories of the episode.

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