When an Eyewitness Is Really Confident About What He or She

question 6

Multiple Choice

When an eyewitness is really confident about what he or she saw, this confidence:

• A) has no effect on jurors.
• B) is strongly correlated with accuracy.
• C) is likely to increase over time.
• D) has no effect on judges.

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