Research on Eyewitness Testimony Reveals That

question 43

Multiple Choice

Research on eyewitness testimony reveals that

• A) highly confident eyewitnesses are usually accurate.
• B) it is unnecessary to warn an eyewitness that a suspect may or may not be in a lineup.
• C) when viewing a lineup, an eyewitness's confidence in his or her choice of the suspect can be increased by an authority's confirmation of his or her choice, even when the choice is wrong.
• D) despite public misconception, eyewitnesses are usually very accurate when selecting a perpetrator from a lineup.

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