The wedding reception false memory experiment shows that false memories can be explained as a product of familiarity and
a. retroactive interference.
b. consequentiality.
c. source misattribution.
d. confabulation.
Question 2Which of the following statements is true of the cognitive interview technique?
a. Police ask witnesses questions and have them rate their confidence level in their recollections.
b. Police offer positive reinforcement to witnesses (e.g., Good, that makes sense.) when the witnesses give information consistent with what is in the police file.
c. Police allow witnesses to talk with a minimum of interruption from the officer.
d. Police start their interview with simple filler questions to make the witnesses feel comfortable.
Question 3Which of the following statements is true of police lineups?
a. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness compares people in the lineup to each other.
b. A simultaneous lineup decreases the chance of falsely identifying an innocent person as the perpetrator.
c. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness will make a relative judgment about all the suspects they saw.
d. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness compares each person in the lineup to his or her memory of the event.
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