Each of the following is true of eyewitness testimony EXCEPT ______
a. information is subject to change or distortion even after it has been coded
in long-term memory
b. it is most accurate when people are asked to describe an incident in its entirety
c. people often confuse actual memories of an event with information they have later
heard about the event from other sources
d. how questions are posed to witnesses can make a difference in their
subsequent accounts of the incident
B
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a. ?engaged in the discriminatory practices that mark American culture as a whole b. ?been substantially more discriminatory against women than have other sciences c. ?been substantially more discriminatory against minorities than have other sciences d. ?focused on the reduction of discrimination since its beginnings e. ?None of the choices are correct
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a. encoding effect c. recency effect b. procedural effect d. primacy effect
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A. alcohol consumption. B. Tai's drinking history. C. the number of drinks. D. the number of obstacles hit.
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A) occur before or after puberty. B) are for males or females. C) involve sex organs. D) are due to nature or nurture.