Eyewitnesses Tend to Be Better at Identifying Members of Their

question 38

Multiple Choice

Eyewitnesses tend to be better at identifying members of their own ethnic group than person from other groups.This phenomenon is best explained by

• A)memory decay.
• B)the disuse theory of forgetting.
• C)the tendency to categorize strangers in general terms.
• D)the tendency to repress traumatic encounters.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Factors in a study or simulation that are adjusted or classified to study their impact on outcome variables.

Dependent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model whose values are expected to change as a result of changes in other variables.

Indicators

Variables or metrics used to assess a specific aspect or condition within a study or analysis.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A test statistic used to detect the presence of autocorrelation at lag 1 in the residuals from a regression analysis.