False Positives Occur When a Person

question 278

Multiple Choice

False positives occur when a person

• A) extinction of auditory memories causes the witness to forget what was said
• B) witnesses are prone to habituate to the courtroom and forget what happened
• C) false positives can cause eyewitness testimony to be quite inaccurate
• D) there is usually some sort of unconscious motivation to provide inaccurate information

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Definitions:

Tanya Golash-Boza

An academic researcher known for her work on immigration, racial identities, human rights, and the impact of globalization on social inequalities.

LPRs

Legal Permanent Residents; individuals who have been granted the right to live indefinitely within a country but are not citizens.

Rumbaut and Ewing

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Empirical Evidence

Information obtained through observation or experimentation, as opposed to theory or belief.