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When police officers perform lineups with witnesses, they should consider witnesses who are ________ and ________ to be more likely to be accurate.
 
  a. quick; use process of elimination
  b. slow; use process of elimination
  c. quick; confident
  d. slow; methodical

Question 2

You've just read Social Psychology and the Law and have been summoned for jury service. Assuming that you were assigned to the jury trying a rape case, unlike most other jurors, you would be most likely to trust the testimony of a witness who
 
  a. is confident about his identification.
  b. just knew that a suspect was the culprit when she saw him in a lineup.
  c. carefully examined each person in a lineup before making an identification.
  d. took a long time making an identification.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B





 

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