Jermaine Sees a Car Accident and He Initially Estimates the Offending

question 80

Multiple Choice

Jermaine sees a car accident and he initially estimates the offending driver to be traveling at 60 kilometres per hour.However,after hearing another witness's report of the cars "bumping" and answering a police officer's questions about the rate of speed when the cars "contacted" he subsequently revises his estimate to 50 kilometres per hour and his memory of the accident changes.This is an example of

• A)bias.
• B)decay.
• C)interference.
• D)the misinformation effect.

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