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asan beg · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Some of the research on children's eyewitness testimony has important implications for the courtroom. According to that research

a. children are more accurate if interviewers ask the questions in a very emotional tone.
b. as children grow older, they are increasingly likely to change their mind during a cross-examination.
c. children are more likely than adults to say I don't know if they are unsure about the accuracy of their memory.
d. young children have fairly accurate memory, under ideal circumstances.

Question 2

In Chapter 13, the Individual Differences Feature compared children who have intellectual disabilities and children in a mainstream school. Everyone watched a brief video and then answered questions.

The results showed that the typically developing children
a. did not differ from the children with intellectual disabilities on any measure.
b. recalled the same number of items correctly, but they were less likely to recall the misleading information.
c. recalled the same number of items correctly, but they were more likely to recall the misleading information.
d. recalled a greater number of items correctly, and they were less likely to recall the misleading information.