What Is One Way to Ameliorate an Eyewitness's Memory Bias

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is one way to ameliorate an eyewitness's memory bias during a line-up?

• A) Explicitly add "not there" to the list of acceptable responses.
• B) Have fillers be very different from the perpetrator's description.
• C) Have fillers be as physically homogenous and undistracting as possible.
• D) This cannot be done.

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Definitions:

Physically Attractive

Possessing traits that are commonly considered appealing or aesthetically pleasing in one's culture or society.

Found Guilty

A legal judgment where an individual is determined to have committed a crime as charged in a court of law.

Earn More

The act or potential to increase one's income or financial gain.

Halo Effect

The cognitive bias that allows one positive characteristic of an individual to positively influence one's overall perception of them.