At the University of Washington, Loftus (1979) found that eyewitnesses in a hypothetical robbery-murder case were influential:

A. only if they were similar to those making the judgments.
B. even when their testimony was discredited.
C. only if other evidence supported their story.
D. unless their testimony was shown to be useless.


Answer: B

Psychology

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