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Cathy witnesses a carjacking. A few days later, she is called to the police station to identify the culprit from a lineup. Cathy is most likely to be accurate if

a. the police tell her that the culprit is in the lineup.
b. one of the men in the lineup resembles the description that Cathy had given the police, while the other men inthe lineup look very different from that description.
c. she is first presented with some mug shots and then views a lineup containing one of the men whose mug shotshe has seen.
d. she observes the suspect and foils one at a time rather than together in a single lineup.

Question 2

The results of the Robbers Cave experiment can be extrapolated to suggest that prejudice between groups can be increased when the groups are placed in a situation where

a. they compete against one another.
b. appropriate ways of interacting are unclear.
c. the groups communicate with one another.
d. groups must jointly carry out multiple tasks.