Which Statement on Children's Eyewitness Testimony Is True

question 108

Multiple Choice

Which statement on children's eyewitness testimony is true?

• A) Older children tend to be more suggestible than young children.
• B) Preschoolers tend to initially offer more information on open-ended questions than older children.
• C) Frequently repeating the same close-ended question tends to increase the accuracy of memory in both young and old children.
• D) Preschool children tend to recall less information about an event than do older children.

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Definitions:

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Vietnam War

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