If you were to give advice to a judge about maximizing the reliability of the eyewitness testimony of a preschooler, what would you suggest?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Based on research from forensic developmental psychology, children's memories are susceptible to suggestions of adults asking questions
- Preschoolers are more prone to make inaccurate inferences about the intentions of others
- Preschoolers are less able to draw appropriate conclusions based on their knowledge of a situation
- Error rates for memories are heightened when the same question is asked repeatedly
- Mistakes are more common in response to suggestible questions
- The amount of time between the event and the questioning should be minimized
- More specific questions are answered more accurately than more generalized questions
- Questioning a child in an environment that is less intimidating is preferable
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The ego-ideal, which is the second part of the superego, consists of:
a. those behaviors for which children are punished. b. good or correct behaviors for which children are praised. c. the reality principle and its strivings for the ideal ego. d. ideals and principles the ego has rejected.
Slot machines pay out according to which type of reinforcement schedule?
A) variable-ratio B) fixed-ratio C) fixed-interval D) variable-interval
A reference group is any group
a. with which a person has face-to-face contact. b. in which one plays an active role or has membership. c. with whom one has contact on a regular basis. d. whose values and attitudes are relevant to one's own.
______ hypothesis that an effect or relationship does not exist (or exists in the opposite direction of the alternative hypothesis) in the population.
A. Null B. Void C. Alternative D. Pseudo