Joy and Cory were walking to a night club when a robber held them up and took their wallets. When asked to identify suspects in a line-up, Joy is able to identify the robber but Cory is not. If Joy and the robber are both of the same race and Cory is not, ______ would best explain Joy’s accuracy and ______ would explain Cory’s inability to.
a. own-gender bias; cross-gender identification
b. weapon focus; own-race bias
c. own-race bias; cross-race identification
d. weapon focus; numbing effect
Ans: C
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