How has research in eyewitness memory changed police procedures in some departments?
What will be an ideal response?
Police departments may use double-blind suspect lineups, in which the administrators of the lineup does not know the identity of the suspect to avoid potentially biasing the witness. Additionally, lineups are composed of similar looking individuals and are often presented one-at-a-time instead of all at once.
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a. 1–5 b. 5–8 c. 8–10 d. 10–15
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a. Cross-sectional b. Experimental c. Longitudinal d. Naturalistic observation
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a. is black inside and outside, which might mean less maintenance, a good thing since he hates fussing with cars. b. is advertised as quick to accelerate up to 80 miles per hour, a feature that he looked for because he likes to pass slow drivers. c. received a high rating in customer satisfaction, which is important to him because his last car was a lemon. d. uses alternative fuel and is therefore environmentally friendly, something Charlie cares deeply about. e. is sleek and so much sexier than all the other cars but is also a gas guzzler and costs much more than he wants to spend.