PrepTest 39, Section 3, Question 13
Nearly every criminal trial includes eyewitness testimony, and cognitive psychologists have hypothesized that misidentification by eyewitnesses is a common reason for mistaken convictions in criminal trials.
Nearly every criminal trial includes eyewitness testimony, and cognitive psychologists have hypothesized that misidentification by eyewitnesses is a common reason for mistaken convictions in criminal trials.
Nearly every criminal trial includes eyewitness testimony, and cognitive psychologists have hypothesized that misidentification by eyewitnesses is a common reason for mistaken convictions in criminal trials.
Nearly every criminal trial includes eyewitness testimony, and cognitive psychologists have hypothesized that misidentification by eyewitnesses is a common reason for mistaken convictions in criminal trials.
Each of the following, if true, supports the cognitive psychologists' hypothesis EXCEPT:
Eyewitnesses' reports are the most common reason for conviction.
In most crimes, eyewitnesses have seen the perpetrator only briefly, and people are generally poor at remembering the faces of people they have seen only briefly.
The shock of witnessing a crime makes it likely that a witness's memory of the perpetrator's face will be distorted.
Judges often instruct juries about those circumstances under which testimony of eyewitnesses is fallible.
Jurors are very likely to believe eyewitnesses who appear confident, and unreliable witnesses usually appear very confident.
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