You are a consultant for a police department who has been hired to help train officers about accuracy of eyewitness testimony. What should you tell the officers about memory?
a. ?Eyewitness memory is always inaccurate.
b. ?Eyewitness memory is like a video recorder of the original event.
c. ?Eyewitness memory is extremely accurate.
d. ?Eyewitness memory is often inaccurate.
ANSWER:
d
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