When Elizabeth Loftus showed videotapes of car accidents and then asked viewers questions about what they saw, she found that ____
a. ?viewers were more accurate in their memories of more dramatic accidents than of less dramatic accidents
b. ?females were more accurate than males in their memories of accidents
c. ?viewers became confused about details when they were shown multiple videos
d. ?misinformation and suggestive questioning altered the recall of viewers
ANSWER:
d
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