Sheppard and Vidmar (1980) had some students serve as witnesses to a fight, while others took the roles of lawyers and judges. When they had been interviewed by the defense lawyer, the witnesses
A) gave testimony condemning the defendant as guilty.
B) gained self-confidence and claimed to remember more details.
C) gave testimony that was favorable to the defendant.
D) were less susceptible to the misinformation effect.
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Q12: The tendency for witnesses to incorporate misleading
Q17: Studies of eyewitness testimony indicate that
A) jurors
Q18: In the process known as the misinformation
Q19: Loftus (1979) found that when an eyewitness
Q20: Which of the following statements is TRUE
Q22: In Wells and Bradfield's study (1999), participants
Q23: In order to promote accurate recall, the
Q24: In Wells and Bradfield's study (1999), participants
Q25: Which is NOT one of the confidence
Q26: Which of the following eyewitness testimonies is
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