Which statement below is NOT true, based on the results of memory research?
A. Suggestion can create false memories for events that occurred when a person was a young child.
B. Suggestion can create false memories for an event that a person has experienced just recently.
C. Although eyewitness testimony is often faulty, people who have just viewed a videotape of a crime are quite accurate at picking the "perpetrator" from a lineup.
D. Many miscarriages of justice have occurred based on faulty eyewitness testimony.
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a) alarm b) exhaustion c) resistance d) recidivism
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A) treacherous seductress with an insatiable sexual appetite.? B) ?seductress that engaged in sexual orgies with the devil. C) ?happy and content housewife. D) ?pure woman that is above reproach.