Research on eyewitness testimony reveals that
A. highly confident eyewitnesses are usually accurate.
B. it is unnecessary to warn an eyewitness that a suspect may or may not be in a lineup.
C. when viewing a lineup, an eyewitness's confidence in his or her choice of the suspect can be increased by an authority's confirmation of his or her choice, even when the choice is wrong.
D. despite public misconception, eyewitnesses are usually very accurate when selecting a perpetrator from a lineup.
Answer: C
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