Studies on the accuracy of human memory and eyewitness testimony suggest that__________

a) eyewitness testimony should be an integral part of any court case.
b) it is unusual for a courtroom witness to incorrectly recall a fact or detail.
c) an eyewitness who incorrectly recalls something is lying.
d) eyewitness testimony is highly subject to error.


d

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A mother and a father have four children (biological not adopted). All four children have blue eyes. Assuming that brown eyes is a dominant trait and blue eyes is a recessive trait, which of the following statements must be true?

a. The parents may have brown or blue eyes, but both must have at least one allele for blue eyes. b. The parents may have brown or blue eyes, but both must have at least one allele for brown eyes. c. At least one of the parents must have blue eyes. d. Both of the parents must have blue eyes.

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