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Medesa

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According to the authors of your text, there are many factors that make eyewitness testimony inaccurate. One way to make the justice system fairer might be to require ________, as is the case in other countries.
 
  a. eyewitnesses to be cross-examined
  b. multiple eyewitnesses
  c. eyewitnesses to provide drawings of what they saw
  d. jurors to take into consideration eyewitnesses' confidence

Question 2

Keep in mind experimental research on eyewitness accuracy conducted by Dunning and Stern (1994) and Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990).
 
  Now, assume that you are a juror in a robbery trial. All things being equal, of which of the following eyewitnesses should you be most skeptical?
  a. Mr. Latz, who had a good view of the robber
  b. Mrs. Jones, who remembers that the robber had a beard
  c. Ms. Mabry, a bank teller who immediately wrote down a description of the robber
  d. Mr. Collins, a guard who picked the robber out of a sequential lineup



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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