Pretrial investigations of eyewitness testimony may bias that testimony by encouraging
witnesses to focus on
a. the wording of the questions they are asked.
b. recalling as many details as possible.
c. writing their testimony rather than dictating it.
d. what they remember.
e. the legal system.
b. recalling as many details as possible.
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a. Goldstein. b. Gestalt psychologists. c. Helmholtz. d. Gibson.
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a. Huntington's disease b. Alzheimer's disease c. multiple sclerosis d. Parkinson's disease
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a. Francis Crick. b. Gregor Mendel. c. James Watson. d. Charles Darwin.