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What is the tendency when estimating the length of time during a stressful event?
What is the tendency when estimating the length of time during a stressful event?
- Overestimate by 20%
- Overestimate by 30% (correct)
- Underestimate by 30%
- Underestimate by 20%
Which of the following is NOT one of the Manson criteria for eyewitness identification?
Which of the following is NOT one of the Manson criteria for eyewitness identification?
- The amount of time between witnessing the crime and making the identification
- The witness's opportunity to view the perpetrator
- The witness's gender (correct)
- The accuracy of the witness's previous description of the offender
What contributes to increasing an eyewitness's certainty about their memory of an event or perpetrator?
What contributes to increasing an eyewitness's certainty about their memory of an event or perpetrator?
- Being under stress and waiting a long time before being interviewed
- Not being under stress and being interviewed immediately (correct)
- Being under stress and being interviewed immediately
- Not being under stress and waiting a long time before being interviewed
What does cognitive dissonance refer to?
What does cognitive dissonance refer to?
How does cognitive dissonance explain the boost in an eyewitness's confidence level postidentification?
How does cognitive dissonance explain the boost in an eyewitness's confidence level postidentification?
What is the purpose of the Dusky standard?
What is the purpose of the Dusky standard?
How does the postidentification feedback effect impact the memory of eyewitnesses?
How does the postidentification feedback effect impact the memory of eyewitnesses?
What are scripts in relation to memory?
What are scripts in relation to memory?
In legal proceedings, what does competency to stand trial entail?
In legal proceedings, what does competency to stand trial entail?
What is the significance of different standards of proof, such as BRD, POE, and CCE?
What is the significance of different standards of proof, such as BRD, POE, and CCE?
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