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rayancarla1

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Research on eyewitness testimony has shown that the more confident the person giving the testimony is of their memories,
 
  a. the more accurate the memories are.
  b. the more convincing the testimony is to a jury.
  c. the more likely they are to be influenced by a weapons focus.
  d. the more accurate the memories are and the more convincing the testimony is to a jury.

Question 2

Lindsay's misinformation effect experiment, in which participants were given a memory test about a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer, showed that participants are influenced by MPI
 
  a. if they believe the postevent information is correct.
  b. only if the MPI is presented immediately after viewing the event.
  c. even if they are told to ignore the postevent information.
  d. if the MPI is consistent with social stereotypes.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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